article_snippet: Tensions flared in Jerusalem last year, both before and after the Gaza war, but Jerusalem has been relatively calm in recent months.
article_snippet: On Thursday, the Palestine Liberation Organization agreed to suspend security coordination with Israel in the occupied West Bank, which officials are concerned could have a knock-on impact on security throughout Jerusalem.
article_snippet: The Palestinians seek a state in the West Bank and East Jerusalem -- which have been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Middle East war -- and in Gaza, a strip of land on the Mediterranean coast that is separated from the West Bank.