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Israeli border border police fire tear gas at Palestinians during clashes in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday, July 21, 2017. Israel police severely restricted Muslim access to a contested shrine in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday to prevent protests over the installation of metal detectors at the holy site.(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

The Latest: Peace ‘Quartet’ urges restraint in Jerusalem

Associated Press

This handout photo provided by the Israeli military on Saturday, July 22, 2017, shows Israel's defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman talking to army chief Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot at an Israeli military base in the West Bank. Israel has sent more troops to the West Bank. This comes a day after a Palestinian stabbed to death three members of an Israeli family in their home and after widespread Israeli-Palestinian clashes erupted over escalating tensions at the Holy Land's most contested shrine. (Israeli military via AP)

Israel to raze home of Palestinian who killed 3 Israelis

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and KARIN LAUB - Associated Press

A Palestinian man walks towards a metal detector at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. A dispute over metal detectors has escalated into a new showdown between Israel and the Muslim world over the contested Jerusalem shrine that has been at the center of violent confrontations in the past. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

The Latest: Palestinian medics: 390 hurt in Israel clashes

Associated Press

In this Dec. 29, 2015, file photo, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert leaves the courtroom of the Supreme Court after the court ruled on his appeal in the Holyland corruption case in Jerusalem. The parole board of Israel's Prison Service on Thursday granted former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert early release from his 27-month corruption sentence. Barring any unforeseen developments, Olmert will walk free on Sunday, July 2, 2017. (Debbie Hill/Pool File Photo via AP)

Ehud Olmert, Israel’s former prime minister, granted early release from prison

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this Wednesday, June 7, 2017, photo, Jerusalem Dregne, left, and Frehiwot Dregne, right, stand in line to receive their diplomas during the Janesville Craig High School graduation ceremony at Monterey Stadium in Janesville, Wis. The girls were adopted by Dennis and Connie from Ethiopia. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

Ethiopian girls come of age in Janesville

By ANNA MARIE LUX - Associated Press

Local 86-year-old man to go on Israeli dig

By JACKSON FRENCH - Associated Press

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan says Jerusalem will ‘never be divided again’

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Amin al-Husseini Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Six-Day War at 50 years shows permanency of Israel

By Daniel Pipes

An Israeli border policemen guards the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv as Israelis line up for U.S. visas in this March 17, 2003, file photo. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi, File)

Donald Trump punts on moving U.S. embassy to Jerusalem — for now

The Washington Times

An Israeli border policemen guards the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv as Israelis line up for U.S. visas in this March 17, 2003, file photo. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi, File)

Trump keeps U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, says promise ‘delayed’ not broken on move to Jerusalem

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump becomes first president to pray at Western Wall

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman kisses the stones of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, May 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Friction between Trump, Israel on Western Walls grows ahead of visit

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

A worker hangs Israeli and American flags on a lamppost along a freeway leading to Jerusalem, days before a planned visit by President Donald Trump, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The Israeli prime minister's office said it is seeking clarifications from Trump after an American official said the Western Wall is part of the West Bank. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Top Trump aide won’t say if Western Wall is part of Israel

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

British student killed in terrorist attack in Jerusalem: Police

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks to moderator Greta Van Susteren at the Newseum in Washington, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, during &quot;The President and the Press: The First Amendment in the First 100 Days&quot; forum. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Spicer says Hitler comment ‘inexcusable and reprehensible’

By KEN THOMAS and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

File - In this file photo taken Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Eli and Shuli Barzilai hold a copy of the Birds' Head Haggadah, the text read around Jewish dinner tables on the Passover holiday, in their home in Jerusalem. Last year, the descendants of German Jewish lawmaker Ludwig Marum requested the Israel Museum pay compensation for the famed Bird's Head Haggadah. They say the Haggadah was snatched from their grandfather's family after he was rounded up by the Nazis and later sold to the predecessor of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem without their consent. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)

Jewish family renews fight for Passover manuscript

By DANIEL ESTRIN - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 22, 2017 photo, a director gives instructions to the actors dressed as Israeli policemen during a shoot of the &quot;Heaven's Gate&quot; movie in a recreated alleyway of Jerusalem's Old City in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. The set is the latest effort by the al-Aqsa channel, run by Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas rulers, to kick-start its drama production in the territory. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Hamas TV channel builds Jerusalem set in Gaza

By Fares Akram - Associated Press

File - In this Sunday, July 6, 2008 file photo, Palestinians queue in front of the Interior Ministry branch in east Jerusalem. More Palestinians in historically Arab east Jerusalem are applying for Israeli citizenship, in hopes of swapping their vulnerable status as mere city residents for the rights and ease of travel that comes with an Israeli passport. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

More Palestinians in Jerusalem seek Israeli citizenship

By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press