SOURCE: BBC Paraguay’s new government has announced that it will move its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv – just three months after shifting it to Jerusalem. President Mario Abdo Benítez, who was sworn in last month, said he wanted to help achieve “a just and durable peace” in the Middle East. In response, … Continued
SOURCE: TRUTH OUT BY: BILL BERKOWITZ For right-wing Pastor John Hagee, it was a glorious day. In his view, Bible prophecy was being fulfilled and his personal comeback was complete. Here he was delivering the closing prayer at the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem. Less than 60 miles away, the Israeli military was slaughtering … Continued
SOURCE: PARALLELS BY: LARRY KAPLOW The U.S. marks the opening of its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem with a large ceremony Monday. In physical terms, it’s just a move of the ambassador and some staff from Tel Aviv to a large consular building that already exists. But it carries political significance that’s reverberating around an … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB NEWS Dr. Bishara A. Bahbah, a professor of investment, finance and wealth management who lives in the United States, is one of many Palestinians whose family still has the deed to their land in Palestine, a 68-dunum orchard in the Lod-Jaffa area. He also has his family’s UNWRA food card which shows the … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES The day the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem is a day the world has longed for, because of what it was supposed to represent: the end of a seemingly endless conflict, a blood-soaked tragedy with justice and cruelty on both sides. Israelis and Palestinians have envisioned a capital … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: MITCHELLE GOLDBERG Monday, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and other leading lights of the Trumpist right gathered in Israel to celebrate the relocation of the American Embassy to Jerusalem, a gesture widely seen as a slap in the face to Palestinians who envision East Jerusalem as their future capital. The … Continued
SOURCE: COMMON DREAMS BY: JULIA CONLEY Israeli forces have killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds in Palestinian protests against the new U.S. embassy, which was officially moved to Jerusalem Monday. The death toll was climbing rapidly Monday morning, with news outlets including Haaretz and CNN stating that at least 52 have been killed, and the Guardian is reporting that about … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATION BY: MUSTAFA BARGHOUTI Today, amid great official fanfare, the Trump administration will move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the city where I was born, began my medical career, and which, like millions of other Palestinians, I am barred from entering today. When he announced the move last November, President Trump broke with the international community and 70 years of official United States policy, which was … Continued
SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: DIANA BUTTU Israel’s celebrations continue this week, this time celebrating nearly 51 years of military occupation and the denial of freedom. As a reward for maintaining a more than half-century of occupation, the U.S. will also be moving its embassy to Jerusalem – a decision that only serves to embolden Israel’s illegal actions. It … Continued
SOURCE: THE REUTERS BY: STEPHEN FARRELL JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States opens its new embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, a move that has delighted Israel and infuriated Palestinians. On Monday, road signs directing traffic there went up around the neighborhood where it will be situated, and next week’s opening ceremony is timed to … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: HARRIET SHERWOOD Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City say their presence at the geographical heart of their faith is under threat from intimidation and aggressive property acquisition by hardline Jewish settlers. According to church leaders, priests are being verbally abused and spat at, and property vandalised. Tensions have risen this year in … Continued
SOURCE: WAFA DUBLIN, April 10, 2018 (WAFA) – The Lord Mayor of Dublin Mícheál Mac Donncha Ardmhéara said on Monday that United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is a backward step and a severe setback for peace. Ardmhéara made this remark upon his travel to Ramallah at the invitation of the Palestinian Authority … Continued
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