US Committed To Israel Embassy Move
While remaining committed to relocating the US Embassy to Jerusalem, the Trump administration is expected to move cautiously on a timeline as it focuses on critical issues in the American...
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Israel Approves Settlement Homes Following Trump Inauguration
Israel has approved hundreds of new settlement homes in occupied East Jerusalem, after the staunch pro-Israel US President Donald Trump took office. Israel’s PM reportedly delayed approval given...
Israel, Palestinians Warned Against Solo Steps Harmful To Peace
Some 70 countries reaffirmed on Sunday that only a two-state solution could resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and warned against any unilateral steps by either side that could prejudge...
Netanyahu Snubs ‘shameful’ UN Vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a UN call to end illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land is “shameful”. He stressed that Israel would not abide by Friday’s vote...
UN Security Council Calls For An End
The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements after the US refused to veto it. The Egyptian-drafted resolution had been withdrawn after...
Palestinian Leader’s Legacy
A museum built on the grounds of the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, dedicated to the legacy of Yasser Arafat, has opened to the public, a day short of the 12-year anniversary of the...
Israel Freezes Ties With Unesco For ‘denying Jewish Holy Sites’
Israel has frozen co-operation with the UN's cultural agency, accusing it of denying Judaism's connections to the religion's holiest sites. Its education minister said a Unesco draft decision...
Leaders Laud Peres At Jerusalem Funeral
World leaders have hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, as he is laid to rest three days after he died at the age of 93. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described him...
Leaders Hail Legacy of Former Israeli Leader
Media captionShimon Peres was considered the last of Israel's founding fathers World leaders have hailed the vision of the late Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, as he is laid to rest three days after he...
World Leaders Gather In Israel
Dozens of world leaders are gathering in Israel to pay tributes to Shimon Peres, one of the country's founding fathers, who died on Wednesday aged 93. Mr Peres' state funeral will be held in...
Thousands To Pay Final Respects To Israel’s Shimon Peres
Thousands of people are expected to pay their final respects to former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres, who died at the age of 93. His coffin will lie in state in front of the...
UN Chief Calls Netanyahu Ethnic Cleansing Comment Outrageous
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that Palestinians want the "ethnic cleansing" of Jews in the West Bank "unacceptable and...