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Fast Forward Trump Recognizes Jerusalem As Israel Capital, Pledges To Move Embassy
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy on Wednesday and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite warnings from around the world that the gesture further drives a wedge between Israel and the Palestinians. In a speech at the White House, Trump said his administration would also begin…
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Fast Forward Jordan Rejects Trump’s Move On Jerusalem As “Legally Null”
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan on Wednesday rejected the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, calling it “legally null.” Government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani told state news agency Petra that the announcement by President Trump violated longstanding U.N. Security Council resolutions that “stipulated the non-recognition of the Israeli occupation” of Jerusalem’s eastern sector…
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Fast Forward British PM: U.S. Decision To Move Embassy To Jerusalem ‘Unhelpful’ For Peace
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May disagrees with the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel because it is unlikely to help efforts to bring peace to the region, her spokesman said on Wednesday. Jerusalem should ultimately be shared between Israel and a future Palestinian state, the spokesman said. “We…
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Fast Forward Iran Condemns U.S. Decision To Move Embassy To Jerusalem
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran “seriously condemns” the U.S. decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem and its recognition of the city as Israel’s capital, read a statement on Wednesday from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried by state media. The move violates international resolutions, the statement said. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said earlier that…
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Israel News Palestinians Seethe At Trump’s ‘Insane’ Jerusalem Move
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinians seethed with anger and a sense of betrayal over President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Many heard the death knell for the long-moribund U.S.-sponsored talks aimed at ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel. They also said more violence could erupt. “Trump…
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Fast Forward Trump Told Abbas He Intends To Move Embassy To Jerusalem: Abbas Spokesman
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump informed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that he intends to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, Abbas’s spokesman said. “President Mahmoud Abbas received a telephone call from U.S. President Donald Trump in which he notified the President (Abbas) of his intention to move the American embassy from…
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Fast Forward State Department Officials Warn Trump Not To Declare Jerusalem Israel’s Capital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The possibility that President Trump may recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has stirred opposition from U.S. officials who fear it could unleash violence. Such a decision, which U.S. officials have said has not been finalized, would violate decades of U.S. policy not to take a stance on the fate of Jerusalem on…
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Fast Forward Israeli, Palestinian Killed In Two Violent Incidents
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli and a Palestinian were killed on Thursday in two separate incidents in Israel and the occupied West Bank, officials said. An Israeli man was stabbed to death in the southern Israeli city of Arad in what police said was “most probably a terrorist attack”. “The investigation is continuing and police…
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