This is the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
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Fast Forward Paraguay Moving Israeli Embassy To Jerusalem A Week After U.S.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Paraguay is moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Israel’s Foreign Ministry made the announcement in a statement issued on Monday. Reuters also verified the move with a Paraguay government spokesman. Paraguay will be the third country to move its embassy to Jerusalem. The United States will dedicate its temporary Jerusalem embassy…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner And Ivanka Trump To Attend Jerusalem Embassy Opening
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The official White House delegation for the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem will include President Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, as well as Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Kushner heads up the team seeking to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks. Other members of his team — Jason Greenblatt, the lead…
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Fast Forward Trump Will Skip Jerusalem Embassy Opening
President Donald Trump will not travel to Israel for the controversial opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, according to a White House statement released on Monday. Instead, the U.S. delegation to the May 14 event will include U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, as well as Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and daughter Ivanka Trump, who…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Have To Pay ‘A Price’ For U.S. Embassy Move, Liberman Admits
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said that Israel will have to pay “a price” for the U.S. decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “There is no free lunch,” Liberman told Israel Channel 2’s Saturday night program “Meet the Press.” He added that “the opening of the U.S. Embassy…
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Life Cycling’s First Grand Tour Outside Of Europe Will Be In Israel
For the first time in history, a Grand Tour will venture outside of Europe this May 4. The bicycle tour Giro d’Italia will have its Gran Partenza, or “Big Start,” in the heart of Jerusalem. Traditionally, the Giro d’Italia, a sister event to the Tour de France, takes place in Italy, including passages through the…
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Fast Forward New Embassy District In Jerusalem Could Be Called ‘Trump Town’
As more nations announce their intentions to move their embassies in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the country’s housing minister is moving to build a new diplomatic district, which he said could be called “Trump Town.” Given that leaders of countries like the Czech Republic and Guatemala have announced their intentions to follow the…
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Fast Forward Romania Has No Plans To Move Its Embassy To Jerusalem
(JTA) — The president of Romania, who has the final word on foreign policy issues, dismissed claims by a senior lawmaker in Bucharest who said his country would be the first European Union member state to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. President Klaus Iohannis on Friday denied in a statement the veracity of assertions…
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Fast Forward White House Nearly Done With Peace Plan But Can’t Decide When To Share It
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has nearly completed a long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan but is still struggling to decide how and when to roll it out, a senior White House official said, acknowledging that Washington faces a “disconnect” with Palestinians over its planned U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem. The initiative, which had been widely…
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