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March 29, 2002: Teenage suicide bomber detonates in Jerusalem

On March 29, 2002 a teenaged Palestinian terrorist carried out a suicide attack on a Jerusalem store, killing 2 and wounding 30.

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September 22, 2004: Female suicide bomber kills police in Jerusalem

On September 22, 2004 a female suicide bomber detonated her device in Jerusalem killing 2 policemen and injuring 33 other people

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September 4, 1997: Suicide bombing at shopping centre in Jerusalem

On September 4, 1997 three suicide bombers attacked a popular shopping promenade in Jerusalem, killing four passers-by and wounding more than 200.

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May 18, 2003: Disguised Palestinian suicide bomber kills seven in Jerusalem

On May 18, 2003 a suicide bomber attired as an Orthodox Jew killed at least seven people and wounded 26 on a commuter bus in Jerusalem.

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February 22, 1948: Three military vehicles bombed in Jerusalem

On this day in 1948 three bombs detonated in a shopping district in Jerusalem, killing as many as 58 Jewish civilians and wounding 140 to 200 others

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November 21, 2002: Hamas suicide bombing in Jerusalem

On this day in 2002, a Hamas suicide bomber detonated his device on a crowded bus in Jerusalem, killing 11 and wounding 50.

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Hamas terrorist detonates a suicide belt on a bus in Jerusalem, killing 17 (June 11, 2003)

On this day in 2003, a Hamas suicide bomber dressed as an Orthodox Jew detonated a metal fragment-laced bomb on a Jerusalem bus killing 16.

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March 8, 2004 | Ultra-orthodox Jewish attack in Jerusalem

On this day in 2004 dozens of ultra-orthodox Jews attacked Arab taxi drivers with rocks in Jerusalem, wounding two (one went to hospital).

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The decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and its consequences

I, like many others I suspect, have grown tired and increasingly frustrated at trying to understand anything the Trump administration is doing.  So many of its decisions seem to be made with little forethought or analysis and appear to be taken in a ‘screw you’ kind of way.  What other interpretation can be given to […]

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Jerusalem and terrorism

This is not going to end well. President elect Donald Trump has named a bankruptcy lawyer with precisely ZERO diplomatic experience, David Friedman, as the US ambassador to Israel and it is clear that his administration will move the US embassy to Jerusalem.  Mr. Friedman is an extremist whose views on the Israel-Palestine conflict are […]