This is the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
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Opinion Trump’s Jerusalem Push Makes Perfect Sense To Evangelicals — And Boosts Roy Moore
The MSNBC host Chris Matthews last week was not the only one to argue that President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was timed to sway the special election for U.S. Senate in Alabama tomorrow, where the turnout among white evangelical Christians may determine Roy Moore’s future. Matthews, however, went a step further…
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Community It’s Time To Stop Excusing Palestinian Violence
In the lead up to the day when David Ben-Gurion read aloud Israel’s Declaration of Independence in 1948, there was a fierce battle in the U.S. Administration surrounding whether to recognize the new Jewish State. Secretary of State and five-star U.S. Army General George C. Marshall led a large and influential group of senior officials…
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Community Trump Declared Jerusalem Israel’s Capital — So What Happens Next?
Jerusalem — Be careful what you wish for. The Jewish right in Israel and the United States are doing somersaults and handstands now that the United States has formally recognized “Jerusalem” to be the capital of the State of Israel. As with all things Donald, nothing good is going to come of it, not for…
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Fast Forward Over 130 Jewish Studies Scholars Criticize Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
(JTA) — More than 130 Jewish Studies scholars have signed a statement expressing “dismay” over U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The statement criticizes the Trump administration’s “decision to reverse decades of bipartisan U.S. policy by declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel, and authorizing the relocation of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv, outside…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Man Stabs Jerusalem Security Guard In Chest
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man stabbed and seriously injured a security guard in Jerusalem near the city’s central bus station. The guard was checking people’s belongings so that they could enter the station, which is routine. He reportedly was checking the Palestinian man’s backpack when the terrorist pulled out a knife and stabbed the…
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Fast Forward Embassy Move To Jerusalem Likely Won’t Happen Before 2019, Rex Tillerson Says
(JTA) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem “is not something that is going to happen this year, probably not next year.” Tillerson made the remarks Friday in Paris, where he was meeting with his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, CNN reported. His statement followed mass protests by…
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Opinion Trump Is Right: Jerusalem Is Israel’s Capital. Now Let’s Divide It.
President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel last week was met with a predictably mixed response. There was celebration across the political spectrum in Israel, protests among Palestinians and the rest of the Middle East and reactions ranging from concern to opposition throughout much of the rest of the world. But far…
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Community President Trump Has Called The Palestinians’ Bluff
Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has, in a real way, breached a false peace to possibly gain a real one. If his wrongheaded words and impulsive methods threaten perfectly legitimate international agreements like NAFTA and the Montreal Climate Accords,…
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