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In this Tuesday, April 28, 2020 photo, a Palestinian vendor displays his vegetables in the street as the main vegetable market remains closed, part of lockdown and quarantine measures to protect residents from the coronavirus, in the West Bank village of Kufr Aqab. As the coronavirus pandemic gathered strength in April, community leaders in Kufr Aqab, a Palestinian neighborhood on the outskirts of Jerusalem, tried to impose lockdown and quarantine measures to protect residents. The problem: There are no police. Kufr Aqab is within city boundaries drawn up by Israel, but it's on the opposite side of Israel's separation barrier. That means neither the Israeli police nor Palestinian security forces are able to operate there. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians fear outbreak in Jerusalem’s ‘no man’s land’

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

In this May 14, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump, left, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin unveil an inauguration plaque during the opening ceremony of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Joe Biden: Jerusalem to stay site of embassy in Israel

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Israel arrests Palestinian official in east Jerusalem

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A trader walks at the Dubai Financial Market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Regional stock markets were down, reflecting investor concerns and nerves felt globally as oil prices plunge and tourism revenue is eroded by the virus. The World Health Organization on Wednesday officially designated the outbreak a &quot;pandemic.&quot; (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Iran reports more than 100 new virus deaths as fears mount

By NASSER KARIMI and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2019 file photo, Israeli police arrest a Palestinian during clashes the Palestinian neighborhood of Issawiya in East Jerusalem, a day after a Palestinian was shot and killed by police during a protest in the same neighborhood. Nearly every day for the last nine months Israeli police have stormed into Issawiya in a campaign they say is needed to maintain law and order. Rights groups say that in addition to searching houses and issuing fines, they have detained hundreds of people — some as young as 10, on suspicion of stone-throwing. The operations frequently ignite clashes, with local youths throwing rocks and firebombs. Residents and human rights groups say the provocative raids have created an atmosphere of terror, with parents afraid to let their children play outside. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Heavy police raids leave east Jerusalem neighborhood on edge

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate at the Gaillard Center, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Charleston, S.C., co-hosted by CBS News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Israeli foreign minister slams Sanders ‘horrifying comment’

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

Palestinians walk next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. The Palestinians on Friday rejected U.S. Allegations of incitement after a day of clashes and attacks left three Palestinians dead and more than a dozen Israelis wounded. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli police shoot, kill alleged stabbing attacker

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A nine-year-old Palestinian boy Malik Eissa rests in Hadassa hospital in Jerusalem, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Malik, who was shot in the face by Israeli police in a tense east Jerusalem neighborhood last week, will not regain vision in his left eye despite surgery, a local community leader who is in touch with the family said Thursday. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinian boy shot by Israeli police loses sight in eye

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Palestinian protesters hurl stones towards Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians in clashes in the occupied West Bank and a third in Jerusalem after he opened fire at a police officer. The killings came hours after a car-ramming attack elsewhere in the city Thursday wounded 12 Israeli soldiers. Tensions have soared following last week's release of President Donald Trump's Mideast initiative, which greatly favors Israel and was rejected by the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinians deny U.S. charges of incitement, blame Trump plan

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

FILE - This July 9, 2004 file photo shows the golden shrine of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old city can be seen behind a section made of concrete walls of the controversial separation barrier Israel is building in the village of Abu Dis in the outskirts of Jerusalem. In the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation, Egyptian forces took control of the Gaza Strip and Jordan took over the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Israel captured the territories when it launched a surprise attack in 1967 at a time of soaring tensions with its hostile Arab neighbors. (AP Photo/Enric Marti, File)

Mideast violence flares as anger mounts over Trump plan

By TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 26, 2020 file photo, shows the West Bank Jewish settlement of Mitzpe Yeriho. As President Donald Trump presented a Mideast plan favorable to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, Jan. 28, announced plans to move ahead with the potentially explosive annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank, including dozens of Jewish settlements. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

In blessing annexation, Trump erodes an international norm

By TAMER FAKAHANY - Associated Press

EU rejects Trump Mideast plan amid annexation concerns

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Israel’s Netanyahu in Uganda to strengthen African ties

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Protesters post a placard with the colors of the Palestinian flags and Arabic that reads &quot;Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Palestine,&quot; at a barbed wire surrounding the Israeli separation wall and the Israeli settlement of Mod'in Ilit, background, during a protest against Israel and the Untied States in the West Bank village of Bil'in, near Ramallah, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Mahmoud Abbas threatens to cut security ties with Israel, U.S.

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump shake hands, obscured by the top of a teleprompter, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, to announce the Trump administration's much-anticipated plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

All will benefit from Trump’s Middle East peace plan

By Oded Revivi

A man holds the daily Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper fronted by a picture of President Donald Trump, at a coffee shop in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Mideast peace plan Tuesday alongside a beaming Benjamin Netanyahu, presenting a vision that matched the Israeli leader’s hard-line, nationalist views while falling far short of Palestinian ambitions. Arabic reads &quot;Trump plan... new borders between Palestine and Israel.&quot; (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Gulf Arabs back Donald Trump’s Mideast efforts, but not peace plan

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, to announce the Trump administration's much-anticipated plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Israel postpones move to annex large parts of West Bank

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

In this Aug. 16. 2019, file photo, Israeli border police disperse Palestinian, Israeli and foreign activists during a rally protesting a newly established settlement near the West Bank village of Kufr Malik, east of Ramallah. As President Donald Trump presented a Mideast plan favorable to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, Jan. 28, announced plans to move ahead with the potentially explosive annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank, including dozens of Jewish settlements. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

Israel headed for clash with ICC over West Bank settlements

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

A new housing project sign stands in the Jewish West Bank settlement of Ari'el, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. The population of Jewish settlements in the West Bank surged by more than 3% in 2019, well above the growth rate of Israel's overall population, a settler group said Tuesday. It predicted even higher growth this year thanks to a nascent building boom made possible by friendly policies of the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A look at Israel’s settlements ahead of possible annexation

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Israeli border police arrests a Palestinian ahead of a protest against Middle East peace plan announced Tuesday by US President Donald Trump, which strongly favors Israel, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Angry Palestinians face dilemma in responding to Trump plan

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press