In recent years, the city has become mostly haredi, with, according to some activists, 8,000 more haredi voters than non-haredi.

Alarm bells started ringing when a major 2013 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center revealed the extent to which younger American Jews are becoming decreasingly attached to Israel.

The Al Jazeera report also said Iran neutralized a new version of the Stuxnet virus, a computer virus reportedly created by the United States and Israel.

Human Rights Watch charges both Palestinian Authority and Hamas of harassing journalists in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

The result constitutes a veritable revolution in the city whose population has become majority haredi in recent years.

Economic development of Jerusalem's haredi and Arab population was the priority of most candidates in the mayoral race.

The reconciliation proposal follows months of Egyptian efforts to end the rift between the two Palestinian groups.