Britain will continue to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) as well as “Palestinian refugees” across the Middle East, the country’s Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, stated on Sunday night. Burt said in a statement quoted by Haaretz that his country also […]
In the pages of The New York Times, columnist Roger Cohen concludes that Israel is a racist country. His logic? Shuhada, a road within Hebron, a particularly violent area in the West Bank, is closed except to those passing through security checks, and sometimes closed to the public entirely. In almost every country and language […]
Mexico’s foreign ministry reiterated on Thursday that the country will not pay for the construction of a wall along the U.S. southern border under any circumstances. The clarification came after a series of tweets by U.S. Donald Trump on the issue. “The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first […]
Mohammed-Faraj al-Ghoul, chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council’s Constitution Committee and one of the senior Hamas figures in Gaza, on Thursday attacked Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas and called on him to step down. Al-Ghoul noted that Abbas’s term in office is illegitimate since his original term after the elections ended years ago. He […]
Guatemala on Tuesday said its decision to follow the United States in moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem was a “sovereign” matter that should not affect ties with other countries. “These are Guatemala’s foreign policy and sovereign decisions,” the country’s Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel told a news conference, as quoted by AFP. “In any […]
President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Wednesday. “Experts” from all sides warn recognizing Jerusalem would likely cause more violence in the region. But history proves these fears and warnings are probably wrong, as stronger U.S. support for Israel leads to more peace. When it comes to the Middle East, it’s not that the […]
Russia recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated in a surprise announcement on Thursday. The announcement comes as US President Donald Trump’s administration is deciding on whether to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a move that would constitute recognizing west Jerusalem as the country’s capital. No other country […]
by JOEL B. POLLAK The remnants of the #NeverTrump movement, made up of conservatives who swore never to support Donald Trump for president, generally acknowledged that Trump had done something special on Wednesday when he recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and directed the State Department to begin moving the embassy there. Other Trump achievements, such as the […]
President Trump plans to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the American Embassy there, upending nearly seven decades of American foreign policy. The president, faced with a deadline of this past Monday to make that decision, still plans to sign a national security waiver to keep the embassy in Tel Aviv for […]
President Donald Trump is considering recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, officials say. Trump’s announcement is expected next week and follows months of internal deliberations that grew particularly intense in recent days, officials familiar with the talks said Thursday. They described the president as intent on fulfilling his pledge to move the embassy but also mindful […]
