Pink Floyd co-founder says verses from Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinians’ national poet, relevant to ‘all victims of settler colonialism everywhere’ SOURCE: THE TIMES OF ISRAEL BY: AFP AND TOI STAFF Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters joined a trio of Arab Israeli artists for a new song billed as a response to the US recognition of … Continued
At the 1980 Arab League Summit in Amman, Arab States declared they will “sever all ties with states that transfer their embassies to Jerusalem or recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.” SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST BY: ADAM RASGON The failure of Arab states to implement Arab League decisions has encouraged the United States to hold on … Continued
Statement comes after Trump’s unilateral declaration of Occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital SOURCE: GULF NEWS Cairo: Arab foreign ministers are insisting that Jerusalem must be the capital of a future Palestinian state, even as the US prepares to move its embassy there in a step that has angered the Arab world. A ministerial meeting held … Continued
SOURCE: NEWSWEEK BY: JACK MOORE Arab lawmakers in Israel will boycott Vice President Mike Pence’s speech to the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on Monday, citing the U.S. decision to recognize the contested city as the capital of Israel. Trump’s second-in-command is on the final stop of a four-day Middle East visit. His arrival has aroused … Continued
SOURCE: REUTERS JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s planned trip to Israel on Sunday has been overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s announcement last month that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and will start the process of moving its embassy there. Pence, an evangelical Christian, plans to meet Israeli … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER The Arab Parliament gave a co-ordinated, region-wide response on Thursday to Washington’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, by moving to block Israel’s 2019-2020 candidacy for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has never obtained a … Continued
SOURCE: JTA (JTA) — Iran’s parliament unanimously approved a bill requiring the government to recognize Jerusalem as the permanent capital of Palestine. Iranian legislations voted 207-0 in favor of the bill on Wednesday, the Iranian government’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported. There are 290 members of the parliament, or Majlis. The vote is a response to … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: PETER BEAUMONT Israel’s transport minister is pushing ahead with a controversial plan to extend Jerusalem’s soon-to-open high-speed rail line to the Western Wall, where he wants to name a station after the US president, Donald Trump. Yisrael Katz’s proposal for the “Donald John Trump” station, which is in the initial planning stage, … Continued
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The 193-member United Nations General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the request of Arab and Muslim states on U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, sparking a warning from Washington that it will “take names.” SOURCE: REUTERS BY: MICHELLE NICOLS … Continued
SOURCE: THE BROOKINGS BY: CELIA BELIN President Trump’s announcement that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and that the American embassy will relocate, is—not surprisingly—going over badly with Arab partners, allies in Europe, and beyond. At first glance—and as many analystshave pointed out in recent days—his pronouncement appears somewhat incoherent with the administration’s stated … Continued
Speaking at a gathering of heads of states and top officials from Islamic nations at a summit held in Turkey, Aoun labeled U.S president Donald Trump’s decision to move his country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem “a regrettable and painful new reality.” SOURCE: AN-NAHAR BY: GEORGI AZAR BEIRUT: Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun urged Wednesday … Continued
President Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States will formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that the U.S. embassy would be moved to that multi-ethnic and multi-faith city. No other government in the world formally recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital or has its embassy there, instead basing their diplomatic offices in Tel Aviv. … Continued
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