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Israeli police inspect the scene of an explosion at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday, injuring several people in what police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Twin blasts shake Jerusalem, killing teen and wounding 18

By Alon Bernstein and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Canberra, Australia. Wong announced Australia has reversed a previous government's recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital. (Australia Pool via AP)

Australia drops recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

A child sits at a bus stop in the besieged Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.It was the site of fierce clashes after Israeli security forces set up checkpoints that choked off the only exit and entry points of the camp during a manhunt following the death of a soldier, bringing life to a standstill for its estimated 60,000 residents. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Besieged Jerusalem refugee camp reels from Israeli crackdown

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

A man walks past shuttered shops in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Shops and businesses in east Jerusalem shut down on Wednesday in protest at Israeli police raids in the area that have prompted fierce clashes between police and Palestinian protesters. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinians: Israeli troops kill teen in West Bank clashes

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Mourners gather around the body of Palestinian Mahmoud Al-Sous, covered Islamic Jihad militant group flag, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Jenin, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians on Saturday in an exchange of fire that erupted during a military raid in the West Bank. The Israeli military said it had arrested a 25-year-old operative from the Islamic Jihad militant group who has previously been imprisoned by Israel. It said the man had recently been involved in shooting attacks on Israeli soldiers. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian gunman wounds 2 Israelis in Jerusalem shooting

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

FILE - Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial, at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 19, 2022. The Israeli military acknowledged for the first time on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, that one of its soldiers likely killed veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May, saying its own investigation shows she was shot by mistake and that no one will face punishment. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Israeli army: ‘High probability’ soldier killed reporter

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Murals that are part of the public art project 'I Witness Silwan' depicting the eyes of local and international figures, including George Floyd, a Black American killed by police, top right, in the Silwan neighbourhood of east Jerusalem, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Eyes are always open in this flashpoint district. Now, new eyes emerged; they were painted on the walls of the decaying Palestinian homes. The eye murals, and graffiti of Palestinian symbols, are so giant that make you feel they are watching you wherever you walk in the neighborhood. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)

Giant eye murals bear witness to Palestinians in Jerusalem

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Path to Israeli-Palestinian peace Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Seven-step path Israel could follow in regards to the Palestinian conflict

By Joel Margolis

Biden, Lapid discuss Iran, integrating Israel in Middle East

By Josef Federman, Josh Boak and Chris Megerian - Associated Press

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream fight in Israel heats up

By Wilson Ring - Associated Press

The home of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides sits between two taller buildings on the main road of the German Colony neighbourhood of Jerusalem, Thursday, June 16, 2022. The official residence of the American envoy is a rental and temporary, officials said, secured after two years of house-hunting in the wake of then-President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

U.S. envoy to Israel lives in a luxe rental, a Trump legacy

By Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

An Israeli soldier patrols a bus stop as settlers wait for a ride at the Gush Etzion junction, the transportation hub for a number of West Bank Jewish settlements, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israeli settlers at risk of losing special West Bank status

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

FILE - A U.S. flag flies at the United States consulate building in Jerusalem, March 4, 2019. Washington is reversing a Trump administration policy on U.S.-Palestinian relations ahead of President Joe Biden’s possible visit to Israel. The new rule announced on Thursday, June 9, 2022, means Palestinians will deal directly with the State Department in Washington, rather than go through the U.S. ambassador in Jerusalem first. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Biden administration takes step to bolster Palestinian ties

By Laurie Kellman and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Israelis wave national flags in front of Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City to mark Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of the Old City during the 1967 Mideast war, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Israel claims all of Jerusalem as its capital. But Palestinians, who seek east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, see the march as a provocation. Last year, the parade helped trigger an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza militants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Report: Israel arrested no Jews over violent, racist march

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Palestinians and Jewish youths clash in Jerusalem's Old City as Israelis mark Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of the Old City during the 1967 Mideast war. Sunday, May 29, 2022. Israel claims all of Jerusalem as its capital. But Palestinians, who seek east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, see the march as a provocation. Last year, the parade helped trigger an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza militants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli PM defends march marked by violence, racism

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

FILE - Masked Palestinians carry Palestinian and Hamas flags during Eid al-Fitr celebrations next to the next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on May 2, 2022. Israeli authorities said Tuesday, May 24, they have foiled a wide-ranging plot by Hamas militants to shoot a member of parliament, kidnap soldiers and bomb Jerusalem's light rail system during a surge of violence that has left dozens dead in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Israel says 5 Palestinians arrested in alleged attack plots

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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a joint statement with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Malki in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

In West Bank, Turkish FM pledges support for Palestinians

Associated Press

A mural of slain of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is on display, in Gaza City, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Abu Akleh was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin on May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Independent probe points to Israeli fire in journalist death

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Two men hold placards as dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, May 12, 2022 to denounce the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Akleh, a Palestinian-American reporter who covered the Mideast conflict for more than 25 years, was shot dead Wednesday during an Israeli military raid in the West Bank town of Jenin. Journalists who were with her, including one who was shot and wounded, said Israeli forces fired upon them even though they were clearly identifiable as reporters. (AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel)

Israeli police beat mourners at journalist’s funeral

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Christian priests pray over the body of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, surrounded by other journalists, in the West Bank town of Jenin, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The well-known Palestinian reporter for the broadcaster's Arabic language channel was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinians reject probe with Israel of reporter’s killing