This is the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
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Opinion My Fellow Pro-Israel Jews: You Got What You Wanted, But You Paid Too Much.
Dear Pro- Trump, Pro-Israel supporters, Congratulations. You got what you wanted. Yesterday, the president declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel. He didn’t use the word “undivided”, but he did promise to one day move the embassy to Jerusalem. Jerusalem was my home for three years. Israel was my parent’s home until they moved to the…
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Fast Forward Swedish State TV Ties Trump’s Jerusalem Recognition To ‘Jewish Lobby’
(JTA) — Sweden’s main public broadcaster apologized for an article that tied President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to the strength of the “Jewish Lobby.” In a broadcast Wednesday immediately following Trump’s address about Jerusalem, the broadcaster SVT asserted that the “Jewish Lobby in the US is incredibly strong,” and said the…
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Fast Forward U.N. Security Council To Discuss Trump’s Jerusalem Recognition
The United Nations Security Council will meet to discuss the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The meeting will be held on Friday at the request of eight countries that sit on the 15-state body. The request for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to brief the Security Council at the meeting came from…
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Opinion Trump’s Jerusalem Move Is A Ploy To Protect Jared Kushner
Yesterday, President Donald Trump did the incomprehensible: He recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Never have the divisions been more clear-cut. The entire Arab world and the rest of the international community have opposed, condemned or expressed grave concern about Trump’s Jerusalem recognition announcement. So did the American Jewish and Israeli peace camps. All…
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Opinion Thank You Trump For Speaking The Truth. Jerusalem Is Our Beating Heart.
After my third son, Lev, was born, he had complications and I stayed with him at Hadassah Hospital. In the room on my right I could hear an ultra-Orthodox woman singing in Yiddish to her infant. On my left, a Palestinian woman murmured in Arabic to her tiny son. The machinery hooked to him kept…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Pols Greet Jerusalem Announcement With Unexpected Skepticism
Ultra-Orthodox politicians in Israel reacted with unexpected skepticism toward Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Arutz Sheva reported. Though many Haredi politicians have advocated for such recognition, some are now saying now was not the time. They worry that it will force Israel into a peace process…
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Fast Forward Kosher Restaurant’s Windows Smashed Hours Before Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Police are investigating the smashing of a window of a kosher restaurant in a heavily-Jewish part of the Dutch capital by a man wearing a Palestinian flag. The incident at HaCarmel restaurant occurred Thursday morning, hours after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The AT5 television station showed a video…
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Israel News Israelis Praise Trump For Jerusalem Move, Hamas Says It ‘Opens Gates Of Hell’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli leaders praised President Donald Trump for his decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “There is no more fitting or beautiful gift, as we approach 70 years of the State of Israel’s independence,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said in a statement Wednesday issued after Trump made his announcement from the…
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