audio, stills, text and or video: Go to zReportage.com to see more - Escalating tensions at Jerusalem's Holy Esplanade saw surge in violence, triggered by revived Israeli limitations on Muslim entry to al-Aqsa Mosque. John Kerry separately met with Netanyahu 22 Oct and PA President Mahmoud Abbas 24 Oct in bid to quell violence. The current crisis comes after decades of unresolved conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The Palestinian position is that Israel was created on their land in 1948, turning many into refugees, and further occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, in the 1967 Middle East war. They say any hoped-for future Palestinian state is being undermined by Israeli settlement-building in the occupied territories. The settlements are seen as illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this. Added to this is Israel's expansion in East Jerusalem, where the proportion of Jewish Israeli inhabitants has swelled compared to the number of Palestinian residents, and where Palestinian districts suffer from poor infrastructure and services. Israel's counter-position is that its right to exist is incontestable and that the Palestinian refugee problem is the result of wars forced on it by Arab neighbors. It says the Palestinian leadership, despite officially recognizing Israel - have not proven they are willing to accept its permanence nor give up violence to achieve their aims. Peace talks aimed at ending the conflict by creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel have repeatedly collapsed over the years and many on both sides have lost faith in the process.
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Jan. 24, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw back a tear gas canister towards Israeli security forces during clashes near Israel's Ofer prison.
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Feb. 6, 2015 - Nabi Saleh, West Bank - A masked female protester uses a sling shot to hurl a stone at Israeli troops during weekly protest against Jewish settlements in the village of Nabi Saleh.
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March 7, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian woman launches stones at Israeli border police outside Qalandiya checkpoint during clashes following a rally ahead of International Woman's Day.
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March 13, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - Israel soldiers detain a Palestinian woman during clashes following a demonstration against the expansion of Jewish settlements on Palestinian land, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah.
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April 10, 2015 - Nabi Saleh, West Bank - A tear gas canister with a flower planted in it by Rand al-Tamimi, a 11-year-old Palestinian girl, hangs on barbed wire outside her family's house, in the West Bank village. Al-Tamimi, has been collecting the canisters left over from clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians protesters during weekly protests in the village of Nabi Saleh.
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April 20, 2015 - Jericho, West Bank - Palestinian brides attend the national mass wedding ceremony, in the West Bank city of Jericho. Nearly 462 Palestinian couples were married in a ceremony organized by Palestinian presidency.
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April 28, 2015 - Nabi Saleh, West Bank - Palestinian protesters wave their national flags over debris of a house that was demolished by Israeli army early today, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah. Israeli forces raided the village early Tuesday and demolished a house belonging to Muhammad Mahmoud al-Tamimi located at the village entrance, witnesses said.
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May 27, 2015 - Jericho, West Bank - A Palestinian youth jumps into a water canal used for irrigation to cool off as temperatures soar in the West Bank city of Jericho to 111 Fahrenheit (44 degrees Celsius).
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May 28, 2015 - Deir Ballut, West Bank - A Palestinian woman carries chickpeas crop in a field in the West Bank.
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May 29, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian boy holds a red card in face of Israeli soldier during a demonstration against the Israeli Football Federation, near village of Nabi Saleh.
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May 30, 2015 - Nablus, West Bank - Palestinian fruit vendor ABU HALOOM from Balata Refugee Camp balances large watermelons on his head trying to attract customers in a road between Nablus and Ramallah.
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June 15, 2015 - Sinjil, West Bank - Palestinian farmers collect wheat stalks during the annual harvest in a field in the West Bank village.
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July 9, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinians, not permitted by Israeli security forces to cross into Jerusalem from the West Bank due to an age limit, use a ladder to climb over a section of the controversial Israeli barrier as they try to make their way to attend the fourth Friday prayer of Ramadan in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, in the village of Al-Ram, near Ramallah.
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July 26, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - Relatives of Palestinian Mohammed Abu Latifa, 19, mourn during his funeral in Qalandiya refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abu Latifa, wanted on suspicion of planning a militant attack, fell to his death from a rooftop on Monday as he fled from police in the occupied West Bank.
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July 29, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinians watch Israeli heavy machinery demolish apartment blocs illegally built by Jewish settlers near Ramallah. Israel's Supreme Court ruled the two partially-built dwellings were constructed illegally on Palestinian-owned land, and ordered them torn down.
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Aug. 1, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - A masked Palestinian demonstrator rests on the asphalt during clashes with Israeli security forces near the Jalazoun refugee camp and the Jewish settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah in reaction to the death of Palestinian youth Laith al-Khaldi. Al-Khaldi died on Saturday at a West Bank hospital following a clash with Israeli troops near Ramallah, Palestinian hospital officials said.
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Aug. 9, 2015 - Jalazoun, West Bank - The sun sets behind the minaret of Hera' mosque, in Jalazoun refugee camp, near the West Bank city.
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Aug. 10, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - Relatives mourn during the funeral of Palestinian Anas Taha. Israeli troops shot dead Taha who stabbed an Israeli man at a petrol station in the occupied West Bank on Sunday along a main highway near Jerusalem, police said
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Aug. 28, 2015 - Nabi Saleh, West Bank - A Palestinian protester waves a national flag during a protest against Jewish settlements in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh.
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August 28, 2015 - Nabi Saleh, West Bank - Palestinians attack an Israeli soldier as he tries to arrest a young boy following a protest against Jewish settlements.
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Sept. 7, 2015 - Duma, West Bank - Palestinian youths inspect the house of Dawabsha family in the village of Duma, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Riham Dawabsha, the mother of a Palestinian child killed in the July firebombing of the family's home, has died from her wounds at a hospital in Tel Aviv, where she was being treated for severe burns she sustained in the July 31 arson attack in Duma.
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Sept. 24, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - Muslims sacrifice animals in a slaughterhouse, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha or the feast of sacrifice.
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Sept. 30, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinians celebrate following the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' speech at the General Assembly at the United Nations. Demonstrating a new level of tension with Israel, Abbas declared Wednesday that it was no longer bound by the 1995 Oslo Accords that formed the basis for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Oct. 7, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - Undercover Israeli security personnel and Israeli soldiers detain a wounded Palestinian protester during clashes near the Jewish settlement of Bet El.
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Oct. 9, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian protester takes cover during clashes with Israeli security forces in Beit El on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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Oct. 10, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian girls carry stones during clashes with Israeli security forces in Beit El on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Fifteen Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and around 1,000 injured with live and rubber-coated steel bullets in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip since Oct. 1.
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Oct. 26, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian protesters take part in clashes with Israeli security forces near the Jewish settlement of Beit El.
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Oct. 26, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian protesters take part in clashes with Israeli security forces near the Jewish settlement of Beit El.
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Oct. 29, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - A female Palestinian protester takes a cover during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Bet El. Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinian assailants in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, police and the army said, as a month-long spate of stabbing attacks showed no signs of abating.
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Oct. 30, 2015 - Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian protester carries molotov cocktails during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Bet El. Since the start of October, violence that has included stabbings as well as clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces has killed at least 65 Palestinians and 10 Israelis.
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Nov. 2, 2015 - Qatana, West Bank - Relatives mourn over the body of Mohammed Shamasneh during his funeral in the Qatna village, west of Jerusalem. Israeli authorities released the bodies of two Palestinian attackers only on 01 November after demanding the Palestinian Authority to guarantee that calm is preserved during their funerals. Israel has demanded that funerals be conducted late at night and with attendance limited to family members.
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Nov. 2, 2015 - Qatana, West Bank - Palestinians mourners carry the body of their fellow Palestinian Omar Al Faqih during his funeral in the Qatna village.
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