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Wikipedia: Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and, if including the area and population of East Jerusalem, its largest city in both population and area, with a population of 763,800 residents over an area of 125.1 km. Located in the Judean Mountains, between the Mediterranean Sea and the northern edge of the Dead Sea, modern Jerusalem has grown far beyond the boundaries of the Old City. The city has a history that goes back to the 4th millennium BCE, making it one of the oldest cities in the world.
![[The Knesset Building in Jerusalem, home to the legislative branch of the Israeli government]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Knesset_building_28edited_29_s.jpg "The Knesset Building in Jerusalem, home to the legislative branch of the Israeli government")
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![[View across the Old City of Jerusalem]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jerusalem_0039_s.jpg "View across the Old City of Jerusalem")
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![[Jerusalem's Central Bus Station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jersualem_CBS_s.jpg "Jerusalem's Central Bus Station")
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![[Israeli policemen meet a Jordanian Legionnaire near the Mandelbaum Gate]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mandelbaum_Gate_Jerusalem_s.jpg "Israeli policemen meet a Jordanian Legionnaire near the Mandelbaum Gate")
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![[Panorama of the Temple Mount, including the Dome of the Rock, from the Mount of Olives]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Panor_C3_A1mica_de_Jerusal_C3_A9n_desde_el_Monte_de_los_Olivos_s.jpg "Panorama of the Temple Mount, including the Dome of the Rock, from the Mount of Olives"){kind=small}
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![[View from Beit Shmuel]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jerusalem_P5240001_s.jpg "View from Beit Shmuel")
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![[Jerusalem's Central Bus Station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jerusalem_CBS_s.jpg "Jerusalem's Central Bus Station")
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![[Israeli Supreme Court at night]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Israeli_supreme_court_building_nightshot_s.jpg "Israeli Supreme Court at night")
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![[View of the artificial lake, with the Siamung monkey exhibit at left.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jerusalem_Zoo_lake_s.jpg "View of the artificial lake, with the Siamung monkey exhibit at left.")
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![[The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem, by David Roberts (1850).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ercole_de_Roberti_Destruction_of_Jerusalem_Fighting_Fleeing_Marching_Slaying_Burning_Chemical_reactions_b_s.jpg "The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem, by David Roberts (1850).")
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![[Night view of the bridge in 2010]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jerusalem_Chords_Bridge_s.jpg "Night view of the bridge in 2010")
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![[Jaffa Road]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bait_zkenim_klali1_s.jpg "Jaffa Road")
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![[Medieval illustration of capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade, 1099]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1099jerusalem_s.jpg "Medieval illustration of capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade, 1099")
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![[The International Convention Center.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Binyanei_HaUmah_s.jpg "The International Convention Center.")
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![[The campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Mount Scopus]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HebrewU_MtScopus_2_s.jpg "The campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Mount Scopus")
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![[Hadar Mall, Talpiot]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HadarS_s.jpg "Hadar Mall, Talpiot")
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![[Mahane Yehuda Market in West Jerusalem]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mahane_Yehuda_Market_2_s.jpg "Mahane Yehuda Market in West Jerusalem")
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![[Modern Jerusalem]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jerusalem_vista_2_s.jpg "Modern Jerusalem")
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![[The Western Wall, known as the Kotel]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jerusalem_Kotel_night_9082_s.jpg "The Western Wall, known as the Kotel")
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![[The al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest place for Sunni Muslims]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Al_aqsa_mosque01_cropped_s.jpg "The al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest place for Sunni Muslims")
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![[Begin Expressway with noise dampeners.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Begin_road_28Jerusalem_29_s.jpg "Begin Expressway with noise dampeners.")
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![[East Jerusalem, 2006]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bet_Orot_s.jpg "East Jerusalem, 2006")
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![[The campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem at Givat Ram ]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem_s.jpg "The campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem at Givat Ram")
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![[The Tower of David as seen from the Hinnom Valley]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DavtowerS_2_s.jpg "The Tower of David as seen from the Hinnom Valley")
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![[General Edmund Allenby enters the Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on December 11, 1917]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Allenby_enters_Jerusalem_1917_s.jpg "General Edmund Allenby enters the Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on December 11, 1917")
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![[El Omaryia School in the Old City]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/El_Omaryia_IMG_1589_s.jpg "El Omaryia School in the Old City")
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![[Dome of the Rock viewed through Cotton Gate]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/TempmtS_2_s.jpg "Dome of the Rock viewed through Cotton Gate")
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![[The Orient House]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Orient_House_P6080034_2_s.jpg "The Orient House")
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![[Jebusite wall, City of David]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jebusite_Jerusalem_s.jpg "Jebusite wall, City of David")
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![[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Holy_sepulchre_Anastasis_s.jpg "Church of the Holy Sepulchre")
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