By: Noor AlMoshin/Arab America Contributing Writer Donald Trump made his decision to relocate the U.S Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Although the status of Jerusalem has not been settled by the Palestinian Authority and the occupying State of Israel, Trump made his decision unilaterally and virtually killed future bilateral negotiations and peace talks. Jerusalem … Continued
SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST BY: BEN LYNFIELD Politicians and commentators in the Arab world voiced dismay on Wednesday night in response to Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and his plan to move the American Embassy, with a prominent Jordanian figure proclaiming, “Peace is dead.” Abdul-Hadi Majali, former speaker of the Jordanian Parliament, told … Continued
Donald Trump’s unilateral move to back Israel’s claim to holy city has reunited competing factions across the Middle East to a common cause SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: MARTIN CHULOV The Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has drawn widespread condemnation across the Arab world, with political leaders, commentators and locals labelling the move as provocative … Continued
Compiled By: The Arab America Team Wednesday, December 6, 2017, President Trump announced his administration’s plan to formally recognize the city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Such a move has caused much uproar from the international community as well as from think tanks and organizations in the United States. The following is a compilation of … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: RASHID KHALIDI Every time it seems Donald Trump cannot outdo himself, he does it again. Now he has announced that his administration will recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, reversing nearly seven decades of American policy. This step will have multiple negative ramifications, many impossible to predict. Jerusalem is the most important of the … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY: LOVEDAY MORRIS JERUSALEM — Arab nations and Palestinian officials have warned of dire consequences if the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, including potential unrest and an end to the peace process, amid last-minute lobbying to prevent President Trump from making the move. In a late-night call Sunday, Jordan’s foreign minister, … Continued
SOURCE: PLO “Recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and/or relocating the U.S. Embassy is a supreme provocation that will destroy the chances for peace and inflame the whole region” Hanan Ashrawi In response to statements and leaks that the U.S. administration is considering recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and/or relocating its embassy … Continued
By: MATT HANSON The Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art is one of three surviving Palestinian art galleries in East Jerusalem. Former director of the Palestinian Museum, the Jerusalem-born Armenian-Palestinian curator Jack Persekian first opened Al Ma’mal as a small gallery in the shadow of the Latin Patriarchate in 1998 before moving to a historic … Continued
By: Mohamed Mohamed Source: The Jerusalem Fund As documented by The Jerusalem Fund’s Settler Violence Project using data from the Palestinian Monitoring Group, extremist Israeli settlers have descended on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on an almost daily basis for many years now. In these “tours,” Israeli settlers and extremists engage in provocative actions against Palestinian … Continued
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III (C) leads the Orthodox Christian “Washing of the Feet” ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 13, 2017. (photo by REUTERS/Ammar Awad) By: Ahmad MelhemPosted Translated By: Sahar Ghoussoub Source: Al-Monitor RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Greek Orthodox Church secretly sold 500 dunams (124 … Continued
A Palestinian flag is seen waving in front of the Kotel. (photo credit:REUTERS) By: Danielle Ziri Source: The Jerusalem Post The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) recently posted a job offering on its website, listing the duty station for the position as “Jerusalem, Palestine (State of),” The Jerusalem Post has discovered. UNOPS, headquartered … Continued
By: Jason Lemon Source: Stepfeed Israeli Minister of Culture and Sports Miri Regev walked the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival this week wearing a dress decorated with Jerusalem’s cityscape. According to Israeli site Ynet News, Regev wore the dress “to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War.” Israeli … Continued
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