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Hundreds of US Jewish clergy urge Netanyahu not to demolish Palestinian village

J-Street initiated letter calls on PM to allow residents of Susya to remain in homes deemed illegal by Israeli authorities WASHINGTON — More than 300 US Jewish clergy have written to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging him not to carry out a planned demolition of nearly half of the buildings in a Palestinian village that […]

Israel Bars BDS Activists From Entering The Country

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Israel published a list of activist organizations whose members will be barred from entering the country due to their support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, on Sunday. The so-called “BDS blacklist” was released by the Strategic Affairs Ministry under Gilad Erdan, member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing party, Likud. The ministry plans…

Israeli Official Proposes to Name a Future Jerusalem Railway Station After Trump

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 […]

Poll: Most Jewish, Arab youth want to interact with each other

A poll conducted by the Rafi Smith Institute for the Dov Lautman conference on democracy among Israeli youths found that 79% of Arab youths had never spoke to a Jewish youth about democracy and coexistence before. The poll also found that 85% of Jewish youths had never spoken on those subjects with Arab youths. Most […]

UN votes 128-9 to reject US decision on Jerusalem

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

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

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

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

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

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 […]