n capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom
Motorsports Comes To Jerusalem With The 'Peace Road Show' Formula One, DTM, and a whole host of other varieties of racing landed in what might as well have been an alien planet for how out of place it was this week – Jerusalem, Israel. In what was known as the "Peace Road Show," race cars from Ferrari, Audi, and Mercedes plied the streets of one of the holiest places in the world to three religions with the Old City as the backdrop. Israel isn't ...
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Israeli, Palestinian finance ministers meet JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian finance ministers have agreed on a series of economic cooperation projects.
June 16, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Joe Biden in Tehran Times New construction in East Jerusalem and the West Bank undermines that mutual trust and endangers the proximity talks that are the first step towards the full negotiations that both sides say want and need. And it exposes daylight between Israel and... Hillary Rodham Clinton http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHOarXVfe0H5lTsVdy93IEoGrJtYg Asia Times Online http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LC24Ak02.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFde3dpueYgZbsRPGQ0csTb4EkOfQ Mar 23, 2010
54493 71994 jerusalem I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem," Joe Biden said. "It's the kind of step that undermines the trust we need"
Barack Obama in Jewish Telegraphic Agency Obama said during a speech in November to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that if he is elected president, "Jerusalem would remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided."