JERUSALEM

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Context

• Tensions flared at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, leading to clashes that left 17 Palestinians wounded.

Jerusalem

• Jerusalem is a city in Western Asia.
• Situated on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea, it is one of the oldest cities in the world.
• Jerusalem is situated on the southern spur of a plateau in the Judaean Mountains, which include the Mount of Olives (East) and Mount Scopus (North East).
• It is considered holy for the three major Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
• The city straddles the Green Line between Israel and the West Bank.
• Both Israelis and Palestinians claim Jerusalem as their capital.
• Due to this long-running dispute, neither claim is widely recognized internationally.
• The Old City became a World Heritage Site in 1981, and has been on the List of World Heritage in Danger since 1982.
• Mount Herzl, at the western side of the city near the Jerusalem Forest, serves as the national cemetery of Israel.
• The city is characterized by a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa), with hot, dry summers, and mild, wet winters.

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