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Muslim Leaders Unite Against Trump

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Muslim leaders from 57 countries joined forces on Wednesday to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel and call on the world to recognize “the State of Palestine and East Jerusalem as its occupied capital.” The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) met in Istanbul exactly one week after Trump announced […]

Egypt: Coptic pope cancels Pence meeting over Jerusalem

Egypt: Coptic pope cancels Pence meeting over Jerusalem

The leader of Egypt’s Coptic Church has cancelled an upcoming meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence, protesting against Washington’s move to declare Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The move by Pope Tawadros II on Saturday came a day after Palestinian leaders also said that Pence, who is scheduled to visit the region later this month, […]

EU to Netanyahu: Jerusalem Must be Capital of Two States

EU to Netanyahu: Jerusalem Must be Capital of Two States

European Union diplomats are set to tell to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that their position remains Israeli-Palestinian peace can only be obtained through negotiations and that Jerusalem is not the capital solely of Israel. “We Europeans believe that Jerusalem must be the capital of two states, the state of Israel and the state of […]

Thousands protest in Jakarta against Trump’s Jerusalem move

Thousands protest in Jakarta against Trump's Jerusalem move

Thousands of Indonesian Muslims protested Sunday in Jakarta against US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in the latest global show of solidarity with the Palestinians. Demonstrators — many in white Islamic robes and skullcaps — gathered outside the US embassy in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country to vent […]

Thousands rally in Morocco against US Jerusalem move

Thousands rally in Morocco against US Jerusalem move

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Morocco’s capital Rabat on Sunday as demonstrations against US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital continued to spread. Waving Palestinian flags, a sea of demonstrators marched from Rabat’s Bab el-Had square to Morocco’s parliament building, down Mohammed VI Avenue, the city’s main thoroughfare. “Jerusalem, capital […]

Stories from the first Intifada: ‘They broke my bones’

Stories from the first Intifada: 'They broke my bones'

It has been 30 years since the first Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, exploded onto the scene in the occupied territories. The prevailing images of unarmed Palestinians throwing rocks at fully armed Israeli troops and military vehicles, which clearly showed the occupied and the occupier, was covered with an unprecedented interest from international media. These images […]

Muslims pray outside White House to protest Trump Jerusalem move

Muslims pray outside White House to protest Trump Jerusalem move

Hundreds of Muslims attended Friday prayers in front of the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Responding to the call of American Muslim organizations, worshippers laid out their prayer mats at a park in front of the president’s residence. Wearing traditional Palestinian keffiyeh scarves or […]

How will US Jerusalem move affect Israel’s far right?

How will US Jerusalem move affect Israel's far right?

Jerusalem – Trump’s recognition this week of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, overturning seven decades of US policy in the region and effectively ending hopes of a two-state solution, has provoked dire warnings. But the focus by commentators on Palestinian reactions, rather than the effect on the Israeli public and leadership, might have underestimated the longer-term […]

Protests Against Jerusalem Decision Turn Violent in Lebanon

Protests Against Jerusalem Decision Turn Violent in Lebanon

Lebanese security forces outside the U.S. Embassy in Beirut Sunday used water cannons and tear gas to beat back Lebanese and Palestinian protesters demonstrating against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The protesters in Beirut hurled projectiles at the embassy and burned Trump in effigy, along with U.S. […]

Arab ministers demand Trump rescind Jerusalem decision

Arab ministers demand Trump rescind Jerusalem decision

Arab foreign ministers on Saturday called on the United States to rescind its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and for the international community to recognise a Palestinian state. In a resolution after an emergency meeting in Cairo, Arab League member ministers said that the United States had “withdrawn itself as a sponsor and broker” […]