Secretary Clinton announced the trip in Jerusalem earlier this week during her first visit to the Middle East as America's top diplomat.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English, written by Brianna Blake with Robert Berger in Jerusalem and Dorian Jones in Istanbul.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

The Speed Sisters received money from the British Consulate in Jerusalem to buy a race car.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

Jewish rebels defeated a Greek-Syrian army and reclaimed their temple in Jerusalem.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

Intel has operated on the Sabbath in Jerusalem for years, so it is not clear why the protests broke out now.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

At the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem,right-wing ministers condemned the army plan, including Silvan Shalom of Mr.Netanyahu's Likud party.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

Thousands of Israelis participated in a Passover tradition: the biblical Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Her comments in Jerusalem Saturday praising Israel's offer to limit the expansion of Jewish settlements were widely criticized in the Arab world.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

About 10,000 Jewish settlers gathered in Jerusalem to protest the government's freeze on construction in West Bank settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Israel says it will maintain heightened security in Jerusalem until the tension around the holy sites subsides.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Settlement leaders demonstrated outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem as the Cabinet held its weekly meeting.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

David Stern, a man on the street here in Jerusalem, supports the prime minister's cautious approach.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

In Jerusalem Tuesday, Mitchell said any disagreement between Washington and Israel are not disagreements among adversaries.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played down the dispute at the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

A spokesman for the ruling Palestinian Fatah faction says the group called for a general strike in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

At the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Mr.Netanyahu also accused the western-backed Palestinian Authority of incitement.

VOA: standard.2010.01.10

(SINGING) Easter celebrations in Jerusalem began with a sunrise service at the Garden Tomb, as pilgrims from around the world sang hymns of the resurrection.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

On Friday,his schedule includes meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

Speaking after meeting with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman in Jerusalem, Mr.Moratinos said both Israel and the Palestinians should enter direct, face-to-face talks without preconditions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

I think that we find the Jerusalem planning committee's decision to move forward on the approval process for the expansion of Gilo in Jerusalem as dismaying,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.17