Friday also saw tension in Bahrain as Shia Muslims marked Jerusalem Day in support of Palestinians.

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Thursday's print edition of Ma'ariv sufficed with a photograph from Beck's rally in Jerusalem the previous day.

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As bad luck or perverse planning would have it, the incident came just before a ceremony at the Yad Vashem memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust in Jerusalem, on Holocaust Day.

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His comments were described as "an absolute disgrace" by Israeli President Shimon Peres, attending a Holocaust Remembrance Day event in Jerusalem.

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In Columbus' day, Jews widely believed that Jerusalem had to be liberated and the Temple rebuilt for the Messiah to come.

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Benedict began the day with a busy morning in Jerusalem's Old City, including meeting the patriarchs of the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic churches.

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The accusation came a day after Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, in a news conference in Jerusalem with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, appeared less certain.

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During the Six-Day War he served in a unit that hand-delivered messages between headquarters and Jerusalem.

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The day before, a Jewish fast-day, the main source of tension had been at Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount) in Jerusalem.

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