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Israel begins issuing call-up notices for military conscription to Haredi Jews amid mass protests in Jerusalem.
2024-07-21

Paraguay announces that it will move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of May. Paraguay is the third country to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem after the United States and Guatemala.
2018-05-7

The United Nations General Assembly votes 128–9, with 35 abstentions, in a nonbinding resolution to demand that the United States rescind its December 6th declaration on unilaterally recognizing the holy and contested city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
2017-12-21

A British student is stabbed and killed during an attack on a light-rail train in Jerusalem, Israel. Two other passengers are injured. A Palestinian man with a history of mental problems and other issues is taken into custody by Israeli authorities. Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon linked the attack to terrorism.
2017-04-14

Following the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States, Israel approves the construction of 566 new settlement homes in East Jerusalem.
2017-01-22

The Supreme Court of the United States decides 6–3 to strike down a law passed by the United States Congress allowing people born in Jerusalem to list Israel as their birthplace in their passports, on the grounds that it is the President's prerogative to extend recognition of sovereignty in matters of foreign affairs.
2015-06-8

Israel greenlights the fast-track development of another 1,200 housing units around Jerusalem, including East 1. This week's total now stands at 5,500, the largest in some time.
2012-12-25

Israel has revealed plans to build nearly 1,300 housing units for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem.
2010-11-8

A planned summit between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak scheduled for October 21 in Paris is postponed amidst Palestinian ojections to a decision by Israel to construct 240 housing units in east Jerusalem
2010-10-17

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu resists calls from the United States to stop construction in Jerusalem; the United Nations claims Israel's blockade of Gaza prevents it from educating thousands of Palestinian children.
2010-04-23