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Jared Kushner Arrives In Jerusalem To Talk Peace

4:54pm August 23, 2017

Presidential envoy Jared Kushner arrives in Jerusalem to take another attempt at restarting peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. But relations have gotten even worse recently.

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Workers dismantle metal detectors early Tuesday outside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City.

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Israel Dismantles Controversial Metal Detectors At Jerusalem Holy Site

10:05pm July 25, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

It remains to be seen whether Muslim worshippers will accept the "advanced technology" that Israel plans to implement in their place, after days of protest over the security measures.

Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray outside an entrance to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday. They gathered to protest new Israeli security measures implemented at the holy site following an attack that killed two Israeli polic

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Israel: Metal Detectors Will Be Removed From Jerusalem Holy Site

7:11pm July 24, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The prime minister's office says security forces will use other technology around a mosque complex where two Israeli police officers were killed. Angry Muslim worshippers prayed next to the machines.

Israeli security forces carry the body of a man who police say carried out an attack at the site of Temple Mount and al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

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Gunmen Kill 2 Israeli Officers At Religious Site In Jerusalem

9:32am July 14, 2017

by Jim Kane

Three Israeli Arab attackers killed two border police officers before being shot and killed in a gun battle at Temple Mount.

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A Look At Jason Greenblatt, Trump's Envoy For Israeli-Palestinian Peace

5:51am July 12, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

President Trump has tapped his attorney, Jason Greenblatt, to help him negotiate the "ultimate deal" for Israeli-Palestinian peace. We look at whether he can succeed where many others have failed.

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Jared Kushner Makes First Attempt At Reviving Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks

7:39am June 21, 2017

Jared Kushner and Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt are in Israel to try to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Steve Inskeep talks to Yossi Klein Halevi, a columnist who met with Greenblatt.

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Omar Omar outside his family's home in the village of Deir Jarir. After living in the U.S. for decades, he sees the West Bank with the eyes of an outsider.

For A Palestinian Father, Six-Day War Led To A Divided Life

7:31am June 10, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

After the war, Omar Omar was stuck in Jordan. He made a new life in the U.S. and sent back money to help his family. Now when he returns to the West Bank, where he was born, he sees it as an outsider.

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Ephraim Bluth, originally from New York, stands in the yard of his home in the West Bank settlement of Neve Tzuf, also known as Halamish.

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After Six-Day War, An American Became A West Bank Settler

7:31am June 10, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

The 1967 war changed lives forever. After Israel's victory, an American student saw a biblical promise fulfilled. He moved his family to the West Bank — but their pioneering life came at a price.

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Nikki Haley Visits Israel, Talks Down U.N.

5:09am June 08, 2017

by Daniel Estrin

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is on a three-day visit to Israel, promising her hosts that the U.S. will protect Israel from what she called "anti-Israel bias" at the U.N.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley addresses the U.N. Security Council earlier this month.

Trump Administration Warns That U.S. May Pull Out Of U.N. Human Rights Council

4:20pm June 06, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

"It is essential that this council address its chronic anti-Israel bias, if it is to have any credibility," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said and noted human rights abuses in Venezuela.