Late last month, at a ceremony marking the start of Ramadan, Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh called his city the “capital of ...

A New Jersey mayor declared that his city is the “capital of Palestine” and “the fourth holiest city in the world” during the ...

Nearly two weeks after a comment by Paterson's mayor, his enthusiasm for the city's large Muslim community creates buzz.

Paterson, New Jersey, is “the capital of Palestine in the United States,” according to Mayor Andre Sayegh, at an event on ...

Most countries do not officially recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital even though it is the site of the Israeli parliament ...

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Iraq want their World Cup qualifier against Palestine next month moved from the Jordanian capital of Amman, having also ...