Tensions Rise Following Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement
Three U.S. imams have called for the death of Jews since December, a trend that has followed President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In the latest incident, Abdullah Khadra, a Syrian-American imam, announced during a sermon in a Raleigh, North Carolina-area mosque on Monday that Jews should be killed. The […]
Israeli Official Proposes to Name a Future Jerusalem Railway Station After Trump
Israel’s transportation minister has proposed naming a future railway station near Jerusalem’s sacred Western Wall after President Donald Trump following the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The plan, which minister Yisrael Katz advanced at a recent meeting with Israel Railway executives, calls for an extension of Jerusalem’s soon-to-open high-speed rail line to the […]
UN votes 128-9 to reject US decision on Jerusalem
The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted by a decisive vote of 128 to nine, with 35 abstentions, a motion rejecting the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. President Donald Trump had warned ahead of the vote in the 193-nation assembly that “we’re watching” and threatened reprisals against countries backing the measure, which […]
UN General Assembly rejects Trump’s Jerusalem move
The United Nations General Assembly has defied unprecedented threats by the US to resoundingly adopt a draft resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The non-binding measure passed at an emergency meeting on Thursday with 128 votes in favour, and nine against. Thirty-five countries abstained. It passed despite intimidation by Trump, […]
Haley: US ‘Will Take Note of Each and Every Vote’ on Jerusalem
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley has warned other United Nations envoys that she will be ‘taking names’ when the U.N. General Assembly holds a rare emergency session on Thursday to consider a resolution rejecting U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “The President will be watching this vote carefully and has requested I report back on […]
Jerusalem: Haley sends threatening letter to UN members
US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has sent a threatening letter to members of the UN General Assembly ahead of a vote on a resolution against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In the letter, obtained by Haaretz, Haley wrote that US President Donald Trump “will be watching […]
Events since Trump’s move on Jerusalem
Below are the main developments since the controversial decision by US President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital: – Shockwaves – In a speech from the White House on December 6, 2017, Trump says recognising Jerusalem as the Israeli capital marks the start of a “new approach” to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. […]
US vetoes resolution on Trump’s Jerusalem decision
The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution rejecting the recent recognition by US President Donald Trump of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and his plans to move the American embassy to the city. The US veto on Monday was widely expected and was announced by Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the […]
Thousands rally in Jakarta against US Jerusalem move
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied outside the US embassy in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, against President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Sunday’s protest was the fourth and largest mass rally in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, since Trump’s announcement on Jerusalem’s status on December 6. An estimated 80,000 protesters called […]
UN council weighs measure rejecting US Jerusalem decision
The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution finding any change to the status of Jerusalem has no legal effect and must be reversed, after the US recognized the city as Israel’s capital. Egypt circulated the draft text on Saturday, and diplomats said the council could vote on the proposed measure as early as […]