Positions on Jerusalem

Headlines

Israel Approves Controversial Jerusalem Cable Car Project

Israel's government on Sunday approved plans to install a cable car to Jerusalem's Old City, a project likely to anger...

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Trump Heads For Bethlehem To See Palestinian Leader

Donald Trump makes the short trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem Tuesday to meet Mahmud Abbas, who hopes to convince the...

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Trump Visits Jerusalem To Seek Paths To Israeli-Palestinian Peace

US President Donald Trump visits Jerusalem Monday to seek ways to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, a goal that has...

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Netanyahu Says Jerusalem ‘always Israel’s Capital’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Jerusalem will always be the capital of the Jewish state,...

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Netanyahu Says Will Discuss Peace Efforts With Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will discuss peace efforts with US President Donald Trump when...

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Controversy Trailing Him, Trump Heads For Israeli-Palestinian Talks

US President Donald Trump heads for Israel and the Palestinian territories Monday as part of his first trip abroad...

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Controversial New US Ambassador Arrives In Israel

Controversial new US ambassador to Israel David Friedman arrived in the country on Monday to take up his post, days...

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Israel Dismisses US Concern Over Embassy Move To Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday challenged US concerns over moving the American embassy to...

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Erdogan Says US Debates Over Jerusalem Embassy Move ‘wrong’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said debates over the possibility of moving the US embassy in Israel...

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UNESCO Ratifies Jerusalem Resolution Slammed By Israel

The executive board of the UN's cultural agency ratified Friday a resolution that identifies Israel as "the occupying...

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Arab League To Resist Embassies’ Move To Jerusalem

Arab League foreign ministers adopted a resolution Tuesday against any attempt to move diplomatic missions to...

Headlines

Why Would US Embassy Move To Jerusalem Be Controversial?

President Donald Trump has said he might move America's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. With Prime Minister Benjamin...

International

Trump’s Embassy Move To Jerusalem ‘self-Destructive’

Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump is about to reverse an historical course that has been in the making for...

International

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...

International

Obama, Trying To Protect Legacy, Unlikely To Act On Mideast Peace

U. S. President Barack Obama, keen to preserve his legacy on domestic health care and the Iran nuclear deal, is not...