The barricades, like the protests in nearby Sheikh Jarrah, seem to have been more an excuse, a kind of symbol that crowds could set their anger against, rather than the real problem.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli ultranationalists, some chanting “Death to Arabs,” paraded Tuesday in east Jerusalem in a show of force that threatened to spark renewed violence just ...

Jordan controlled east Jerusalem until Israel captured it in 1967 and it remains the custodian over Muslim holy sites. Sunday's march comes at a time of heightened tensions.

Israeli policemen detain a young Palestinian demonstrator after protesters tried to break the lock on a gate at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on 18 February 2019 (AFP) ...

Clashes between Palestinians from east Jerusalem and Israeli police around the Damascus gate entrance to the Old City erupted in a night of unrest that earlier saw Jewish extremists marching ...

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In the last week alone, Palestinians have twice attacked Israeli police at the Damascus Gate, which sits in the heart of Palestinian East Jerusalem, just a block from bus stations and tram stops ...