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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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Fast Forward Guatemala To Move Embassy To Jerusalem Two Days After U.S.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Guatemala will move its embassy to Jerusalem on May 16, two days after the United States moves its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The announcement of the date for the planned move came on Wednesday morning, in a post on Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat’s Facebook page. Barkat posted a photo of…
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Fast Forward 450 Elderly Immigrants Will Be Displaced by U.S. Embassy Move To Jerusalem
The U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem will cause 450 elderly immigrants to lose their homes, and the Knesset doesn’t have a solution yet. The Diplomat Hotel, which is owned by the U.S. and is located next door to the Jerusalem consulate that will become the embassy in 2020, is being leased as housing for elderly…
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Fast Forward Israeli Security Guard Seriously Injured In Jerusalem Stabbing Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A civilian Israeli security guard was stabbed and seriously injured in a terror attack in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The victim, reported to be in his 30s, was stabbed several times in his upper body and is in critical condition in Shaare Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem. He…
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Community The Two-State Solution Is Far From Dead
It seems that every passing day brings another obituary for the two-state solution. The past three months’ developments — President Trump’s December 6th Jerusalem declaration, the vitriolic Palestinian backlash, key elements of Israel’s governing Likud Party endorsing West Bank annexation and the recent US embassy announcement — can be viewed as nails in the coffin…
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Fast Forward IDF Soldiers Hanged In Effigy In Jerusalem Ultra-Orthodox Neighborhoods
(JTA) — Two effigies of Israeli soldiers with a rope around their necks were hung in predominantly Haredi areas of Jerusalem, in what Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said was a “shocking” criminal act. Police officers on Friday removed the effigies, one of which was soaked in flammable fluid, from a rooftop in Jerusalem’s Me’a She’arim…
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