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Jerusalem
Jerusalem (/dʒəˈruːsələm/; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם help=no; Arabic: القُدس help=no) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority claim Jerusalem as their capital, as Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there and the State of Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power; however, neither claim is widely recognized internationally.
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The Battle of Jerusalem occurred during the British Empire's "Jerusalem Operations" against the Ottoman Empire, when fighting for the city developed from 17 November, continuing after the surrender until 30 December 1917, to secure the final objective of the Southern Palestine Offensive during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. Before Jerusalem could be secured, two battles were recognised by the British as being fought in the Judean Hills to the north and east of the Hebron–Junction Station line. These were the Battle of Nebi Samwill from 17 to 24 November and the Defence of Jerusalem from 26 to 30 December 1917. They also recognised within these Jerusalem Operations, the successful second attempt on 21 and 22 December 1917 to advance across the Nahr el Auja, as the Battle of Jaffa, although Jaffa had been occupied as a consequence of the Battle of Mughar Ridge on 16 November. (More...)
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Hebron Yeshiva in Givat Mordechai neighborhood
Har Hotzvim high-tech park
Mamilla Mall adorned with upscale shops adjacent to the Old City Walls.
A coin issued by the Jewish rebels in 68 CE. Obverse: "Shekel, Israel. Year 3". Reverse: "Jerusalem the Holy", in the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
David's Citadel and the Ottoman walls
Antiquated (1910) reconstruction of Solomon's Temple, based on the biblical text
Sunset aerial photograph of the Mount of Olives
Astronauts' view of Jerusalem
Ben-Zakai Synagogue in 1893
Israeli Foreign Ministry building
The Armenian Quarter
Medieval illustration of capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade, 1099
Stepped Stone Structure in Ophel/City of David, the oldest part of Jerusalem
King Hussein of Jordan flying over the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem when it was under Jordanian control, 1965
View from the Mount of Olives overlooking the old city of Jerusalem during the snowfall of the 2013 cold snap
The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem – a new holy site established by British Protestants in the 19th century.
From upper left: Jerusalem skyline looking north from St. Elijah Monastery, a souq in the Old City, Mamilla Mall, the Knesset, the Dome of the Rock, the citadel (known as the Tower of David) and the Old City walls, and the Western Wall.
Jerusalem on VE Day, 8 May 1945
Orient House in East Jerusalem that served as the headquarters of the PLO in the 1980s and 1990s. It was closed by Israel in 2001, two days after the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing.
Light Rail tram on Jaffa Road
Map of East Jerusalem (2010)
Jerusalem mural depicting the Cardo in Byzantine era
1455 painting of the Holy Land. Jerusalem is viewed from the west; the octagonal Dome of the Rock stands left of Al-Aqsa, shown as a church, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre stands on the left side of the picture.
Sheikh Jarrah, a predominantly Arab neighborhood on the road to Mount Scopus
Roman siege and destruction of Jerusalem (David Roberts, 1850)
The Shrine of the Book, housing the Dead Sea Scrolls, at the Israel Museum
Guesthouse in Mishkenot Sha'ananim, the first Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, on a hill directly across from Mount Zion
Israeli policemen meet a Jordanian Legionnaire near the Mandelbaum Gate (circa 1950)
Hand in Hand, a bilingual Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem
The Holyland Model of Jerusalem Second Temple model, first created in 1966 and since then updated according to advancing archaeological knowledge
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