Most-Wanted Nazi Suspect Dies Before Trial
22 November 2010 05:39
...1942 and 1943 Samuel Kunz, 89, had been third on a most-wanted list drawn up by the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Jerusalem . After studying Second World War documents, prosecutors had claimed Kunz helped kill hundreds of thousands of Jewish people...
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Faiths Unite To Pray For Rain In Holy Land
13 November 2010 04:08
...Israeli construction work erecting the barrier. When it is complete villagers will be cut off from some of their land and links with Jerusalem will be severed. This weekâs rain ceremony was a rare moment of solidarity in this troubled part of the world....
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Call To Uphold Zimbabwe 'Blood Diamond' Ban
1 November 2010 11:53
...Process, a scheme set up to ensure that conflict gems do not reach the world markets. Members of the scheme, who meet in Jerusalem this week, are under pressure to come up with a clear solution after months of prevarication. Human Rights Watch says that the...
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Israel's Warning About Unilateral Steps
24 October 2010 08:06
...steps, like annexing parts of the West Bank. Meanwhile, Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli police on Sunday in east Jerusalem after city officials handed out home demolition orders to families living in the Al-Bustan neighbourhood. When they reached the...
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Israel's Leader: We're Not Sharing Jerusalem
12 December 2010 11:08
...– An Israeli official says the prime minister remains opposed to sharing control of east Jerusalem with the Palestinians, despite calls by a senior coalition partner to divide the holy city. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's position on east Jerusalem's...
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East Jerusalem housing gets preliminary OK
29 November 2010 01:20
...– Israel gave preliminary approval Monday for 130 new apartments in disputed east Jerusalem, the area the Palestinians want as the capital of their hoped-for state. Monday's decision by Jerusalem city authorities comes as peace talks between Israel and the...
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Israel says no building freeze in Jerusalem
18 November 2010 05:52
...– Israel insisted Thursday it would keep building homes in disputed east Jerusalem, threatening to hold up a U.S.-proposed settlement construction moratorium designed to renew deadlocked Mideast peacemaking. The contours of the moratorium deal, as presented...
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Jerusalem Picture Gallery
22 September 2010 02:40
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 22: Orthodox Jews reacts after a group of Palestinians attacked an Israeli bus during a funeral procession of a Palestinian man shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard on 22 September, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 22: Orthodox Jews reacts after a group of Palestinians attacked an Israeli bus during a funeral procession of a Palestinian man shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard on 22 September, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 22: Palestinians attack an Israeli bus during a funeral procession of a Palestinian man shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard on 22 September, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: Palestinian rioters watch over torched cars after the funeral procession for Samir Serhan, shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Palestinian Samir Serhan who was shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard, during his funeral procession on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: An Israeli border policeman takes aim with a tear gas gun during clashes with rioting Palestinians after the funeral procession for Samir Serhan, shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard, on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: A Palestinian takes aim at Israeli police with a slingshot during clashes with rioting Palestinians after the funeral procession for Samir Serhan, shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard, on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Palestinian Samir Serhan who was shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard, during his funeral procession on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Palestinian Samir Serhan who was shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard, past the Dome of the Rock during his funeral procession on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: Palestinians protesters destory a car after the funeral procession for Samir Serhan, shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: A Palestinian youth runs past a destoryed car after the funeral procession for Samir Serhan, shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: Israeli border policeman take position during clashes with rioting Palestinians after the funeral procession for Samir Serhan, shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard, on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 22: Orthodox Jews reacts after a group of Palestinians attacked an Israeli bus during a funeral procession of a Palestinian man shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard on 22 September, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: Palestinians tear down an Israeli flag from an excavation site during the funeral procession for Samir Serhan, shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: Israeli border police officers in riot gear take up positions near a torched vehicle during clashes with rioting Palestinians after the funeral procession for Samir Serhan, shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Palestinian Samir Serhan who was shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard, during his funeral procession on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: An Israeli border policeman takes position near a torched vehicle during clashes with rioting Palestinians after the funeral procession for Samir Serhan, shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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JERUSALEM - SEPTEMBER 22: Israeli border police officers in riot gear take up positions near a torched vehicle during clashes with rioting Palestinians after the funeral procession for Samir Serhan, shot dead by a Jewish settlement security guard on September 22, 2010, in Jerusalem. Protestors also threw stones at Police who counterd with tear gas. Unrest is common in the area around East Jerusalem due to tensions being raised by the building of Jewish settlements.
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The east Jerusalem Jewish settlement of Pisgat Zeev is seen behind a section of Israel's controversial separation barrier, in the east Jerusalem on October 16, 2010. Israel has unveiled plans for more than 230 new homes for Jewish settlers in Arab east Jerusalem, reports said on October 15, in a move likely to complicate US attempts to revive the peace process.
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Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III (R) raises a toast with Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas after he was bestowed upon the title of the 'Bearer of the Holy Cross' of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem during his visit to the Greek Orthodox patriarchate in Jerusalem's old city on October 18, 2010.
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Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III (R) bestows upon Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas the title of the 'Bearer of the Holy Cross' of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem during his visit to the Greek Orthodox patriarchate in Jerusalem's old city on October 18, 2010.
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The east Jerusalem Jewish settlement of Pisgat Zeev is seen behind a section of Israel's controversial separation barrier, in the east Jerusalem on October 16, 2010. Israel has unveiled plans for more than 230 new homes for Jewish settlers in Arab east Jerusalem, reports said on October 15, in a move likely to complicate US attempts to revive the peace process.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Members of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation, Ireland's former president and UN high commissioner for human rights Mary Robinson (C), former U.S President Jimmy Carter (L) and Indian activist, Ela Bhatt (R) meet in a protest tent with Palestinian residents to look at look at the wounds of 10-year-old child Muslim Odeh, who claims he was arrested and beaten by Israeli border police in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem. The Elders, an independent council of retired world figures, visited the neighbourhood to speak with Palestinian residents whose homes are facing demolition.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Member of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (R) holds a Palestinian baby girl during a visit to the Elders Delegation in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem. The Elders, an independent council of retired world figures, visited the neighbourhood to speak with Palestinian residents whose homes are facing demolition.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Member of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation former U.S. President Jimmy Carter listens to Palestinian residents (not seen) during a visit to the Elders Delegation in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem. The Elders, an independent council of retired world figures, visited the neighbourhood to speak with Palestinian residents whose homes are facing demolition.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Members of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation, Ireland's former president and UN high commissioner for human rights Mary Robinson (C), former U.S President Jimmy Carter (L) and Indian activist, Ela Bhatt (R) meet in a protest tent with Palestinian residents to look at look at the wounds of 10-year-old child Muslim Odeh, who claims he was arrested and beaten by Israeli border police in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem. The Elders, an independent council of retired world figures, visited the neighbourhood to speak with Palestinian residents whose homes are facing demolition.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 11: French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos (2 R) look out over the Old City walls of Jerusalem from the entrance to the French Consulate on October 11, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. European diplomats are attempting to get the Israeli - Palestinian direct talks back on track.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Members of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation, Ireland's former president and UN high commissioner for human rights Mary Robinson (C), former U.S President Jimmy Carter (L) and Indian activist, Ela Bhatt (R) meet in a protest tent with Palestinian residents who claim a Palestinian boy was beaten by Israeli border police in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem. The Elders, an independent council of retired world figures, visited the neighbourhood to speak with Palestinian residents whose homes are facing demolition.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Member of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (R) holds a Palestinian baby girl during a visit to the Elders Delegation in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem. The Elders, an independent council of retired world figures, visited the neighbourhood to speak with Palestinian residents whose homes are facing demolition.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Members of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation, Ireland's former president and UN high commissioner for human rights Mary Robinson (L), former U.S President Jimmy Carter (R) and Indian activist, Ela Bhatt (C) visit the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem. The Elders, an independent council of retired world figures, visited the neighbourhood to speak with Palestinian residents whose homes are facing demolition.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Member of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation former U.S. President Jimmy Carter listens to a Palestinian resident during a visit to the Elders Delegation in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem. The Elders, an independent council of retired world figures, visited the neighbourhood to speak with Palestinian residents whose homes are facing demolition.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Members of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation, Ireland's former president and UN high commissioner for human rights Mary Robinson (C), former U.S President Jimmy Carter (L) and Indian activist, Ela Bhatt (R) meet in a protest tent with Palestinian residents in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem. The Elders, an independent council of retired world figures, visited the neighbourhood to speak with Palestinian residents whose homes are facing demolition.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Member of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation former U.S. President Jimmy Carter visits the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem. The Elders, an independent council of retired world figures, visited the neighbourhood to speak with Palestinian residents whose homes are facing demolition.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Member of the 'Council of Elders' Delegation former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (R) holds a Palestinian baby girl during a visit to the Elders Delegation in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on October 21, 2010 in East Jerusalem. The Elders, an independent council of retired world figures, visited the neighbourhood to speak with Palestinian residents whose homes are facing demolition.
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Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas (L) is greeted by Archbishop Aristarchos, the chief secretary of the Jerusalem patriarchate (R ) as Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III (C) bestows upon him the title of the 'Bearer of the Holy Cross' of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem during his visit to the Greek Orthodox patriarchate in Jerusalem's old city on October 18, 2010.
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A Palestinian man walks past graffiti which was sprayed onto the wall of a new school in Jerusalem's mostly Arab east neighborhood of Ras al-Amud, on November 1, 2010 on the eve of its inauguration by Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat. The graffiti, which was allegedly sprayed by supporters of Palestinian Fatah party, reads in Arabic slogans of protest against house demolitions in east Jerusalem and against Jerusalem mayor Barkat.
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Danny Zaken, Chairman of the Jerusalem journalists association, looks at video and stills cameras belonging to participants of the Turkish Gaza-bound flotilla, during a press conference in Jerusalem on September 16, 2010. The cameras were confiscated by the Israeli army during the raid on in the Gaza-bound flotilla on May 2010 and released yesterday to the hands of the Israeli journalist association in order to return the equipments to their owners worldwide.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 01: In this handout from the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO),Israel's Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with US Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell on October 01, 2010 in Jerusalem. Mitchell is due to meet with Palestinian and Israeli leaders today after the rejection of the Obama administration's most recent peace talk proposals.
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Danny Zaken, Chairman of the Jerusalem journalists association, inpects video and stills cameras belonging to participants of the Turkish Gaza-bound flotilla, during a press conference in Jerusalem on September 16, 2010. The cameras were confiscated by the Israeli army during the raid on in the Gaza-bound flotilla on May 2010 and released yesterday to the hands of the Israeli journalist association in order to return the equipments to their owners worldwide.
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Fireworks explode over Jerusalem's Old City during the celebrations for Independence Day in Jerusalem on April 19, 2010. Israelis are celebrating 62 years since the founding of the Jewish state on May 14, 1948, which according to the Jewish calendar corresponds this year to April 20.
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Fireworks explode over Jerusalem's Old City during the celebrations for Independence Day in Jerusalem on April 19, 2010. Israelis are celebrating 62 years since the founding of the Jewish state on May 14, 1948, which according to the Jewish calendar corresponds this year to April 20.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 01: In this handout from the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO),Israel's Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with US Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell on October 01, 2010 in Jerusalem. Mitchell is due to meet with Palestinian and Israeli leaders today after the rejection of the Obama administration's most recent peace talk proposals.
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JERUSALEM, ISREAL - OCTOBER 12: General Inspector of the Bundeswehr Volker Wieker looks at pictures of Jewish Holocaust victims in the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem during his visit to the museum that commemorates the six million Jews killed by Nazis during World War II. on October 12, 2010 in Jerusamel, Isreal.
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JERUSALEM, ISREAL - OCTOBER 12: General Inspector of the Bundeswehr Volker Wieker looks at pictures of Jewish Holocaust victims in the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem during his visit to the museum that commemorates the six million Jews killed by Nazis during World War II. on October 12, 2010 in Jerusamel, Isreal.
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Danny Zaken, Chairman of the Jerusalem journalists association, inpects video and stills cameras belonging to participants of the Turkish Gaza-bound flotilla, during a press conference in Jerusalem on September 16, 2010. The cameras were confiscated by the Israeli army during the raid on in the Gaza-bound flotilla on May 2010 and released yesterday to the hands of the Israeli journalist association in order to return the equipments to their owners worldwide.
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Fireworks explode over Jerusalem's Old City during the celebrations for Independence Day in Jerusalem on April 19, 2010. Israelis are celebrating 62 years since the founding of the Jewish state on May 14, 1948, which according to the Jewish calendar corresponds this year to April 20.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 07: In this image provided by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton September 15, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Israeli and Palestinian leaders are deadlocked in peace negotiations over Israeli settlement building.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 07: In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of State, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on at the Prime Minister's Residence September 15, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Netanyahu and Abbas are deadlocked in peace negotiations over Israeli settlement building.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 07: In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of State, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) looks on as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Prime Minister's Residence September 15, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Netanyahu and Abbas are deadlocked in peace negotiations over Israeli settlement building.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 07: In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of State, Israeli Defense Minister Secretary Ehud Barak meets with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the David Citadel Hotel September 15, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Israeli and Palestinian leaders are deadlocked in peace negotiations over Israeli settlement building.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 07: In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad September 15, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Israeli and Palestinian leaders are deadlocked in peace negotiations over Israeli settlement building.
