Tag: Jerusalem
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Israeli forces kill 41 in Gaza protests as anger mounts over U.S. Embassy [Video]
Israeli forces killed at least 41 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday as angry protesters demonstrated at the frontier on the day the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem, health officials said. It was the highest Palestinian death toll in a single day since a series of protests dubbed the “Great March of…
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U.S. officially opens new embassy in Jerusalem amid protests
The United States has formally opened a new consulate in Jerusalem amid global protests. The ceremony of moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem began on Monday with the US national anthem. US ambassador to Israel David Friedman then spoke and President Donald Trump was given a standing ovation when he…
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Israel to send 16,000 African migrants to Western countries under new UN deal
Israel said on Monday it has scrapped a plan to deport African migrants to Africa and reached an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to send more than 16,000 to Western countries instead. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named Canada, Italy and Germany as some of the nations that will take in the migrants. Other migrants,…
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Municipality insists Churches must pay off $187m tax debts
The Jerusalem Municipality intends to recover 650 million shekels (almost 187 million dollars) from Christian denominations as taxes for their real estate located in the city, Mayor Nir Barkat has said. “The debts for commercial space owned by churches exceed 650 million shekels. “We will no longer demand that the citizens of Jerusalem bear this…
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Jerusalem: Great measures of beauty, sorrow – Anglican Primate
The Anglican Primate and Archbishop of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East, Most Reverend Suheil Dawani, has described the Holy Land as knowing great measures of beauty and sorrow. Archbishop Dawani, comparing Israel to the rest of the world, opined that the beauty of Jerusalem lies not only in its history and in…
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Jerusalem should be shared capital, British FM tells Palestinian FM
Jerusalem should ultimately be shared capital of Israeli and Palestinian states, British Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, told his Palestinian counterpart ,Riyad al-Malki on Monday, a statement from Britain’s foreign office said. “I reiterated the UK’s commitment to supporting the Palestinian people and the two-state solution, the urgent need for renewed peace negotiations, and the UK’s…
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Israel set to cede parts of Jerusalem in peace deal
Israel set a higher threshold on Tuesday for any future vote on ceding parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians. Palestinians wanted the eastern part of the city for a future independent state. The amendment passed by the Israeli parliament to existing legislation raised from 61 to 80 the number of votes that would be required…
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UN votes 128-9 to reject Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem
The UN General Assembly has decisively backed a resolution effectively calling on the US to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “The text says that any decisions regarding the status of the city are “null and void” and must be cancelled.” BBC reports The non-binding resolution was approved by 128 states,…
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U.S. embassy unlikely to move to Jerusalem before 2020 – Tillerson
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. embassy in Israel was unlikely to be moved to Jerusalem before 2020, national media outlets reported. “It’s not going to be anything that happens right away,” U.S. news daily the New York Times quoted Tillerson’s speech at the State Department. “Probably no earlier than three years…
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Massive protests rock Asia over Trump’s Jerusalem plan
Thousands of protesters in Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia joined rallies on Friday to condemn Washington’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, as authorities tightened security outside U.S. embassies. Leaders in both Asian countries have joined a global chorus of voices condemning U.S. President Donald Trump’s move. Several thousand protesters, some shouting anti-U.S. slogans and…