One of the oldest cities in the world, Jerusalem is located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. During its long history, the holy city has been destroyed at least twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times. Today, the status of Jerusalem remains one of the core issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017.
People walk around a street in Jerusalem's Old City on December 5, 2017.
A general view shows the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem's Old City from David Tower on December 4, 2017.
Palestinian protesters burn pictures of US President Donald Trump at the manger square in Bethlehem on December 5, 2017.
The Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, on June 4, 2013.
Palestinian Muslim worshipers pray on the morning of the first day of Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) near the Dome of Rock mosque inside the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City on September 1, 2017.
People sit together next to a camel at the look-out point of Mount Olives opposite to the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem's Old City on December 4, 2017.
Haredi Jews look at the city of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, on December 1, 2017. The Dome of the Rock mosque is seen on the right.
Israeli soldiers tour an area in Jerusalem's Old City on December 5, 2017.
A man with a donkey on Temple Mount in Jerusalem on November 14, 2015.
A man sits inside a shop in Jerusalem's Old City on December 5, 2017.
An elderly Palestinian man walks in Jerusalem's old city on July 28, 2017.
