This is the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
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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 US Calling Jerusalem Israel’s Capital Is ‘Naked Aggression,’ Muslim Nations Say
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would be a “naked aggression” that would cause the United States to lose “its mediating role and turn it into a biased party to the conflict,” the Organization of Islamic States said. The statement by the group, representing 57 countries, came as President Trump delayed a waiver…
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Opinion When It Comes To Jerusalem, Trump Needs To Learn How To Share
Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! Donald Trump promised that he would move the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as one of his earliest acts as president. Like so very many things this man has said…
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Opinion The One Thing Trump Should Say About Jerusalem
President Trump this week has a number of big decisions to make that will impact the prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace. What he does will affect not only his soon-to-be unveiled peace initiative, but also the trajectory of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, more widely. Trump’s moves this week should be judged based on whether he…
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Community For Israeli Orthodox Leadership, Zionism Has Replaced The Torah
Israeli behavior is the moral analog of Murphy’s Law. Just when you think the Jewish supremacists can’t get any more vulgar or more cynical, they somehow manage to find a new low. Take Avi Gabbay — the “liberal” opposition’s Netanyahu Lite. Gabbay celebrated his recent elevation to the leadership of Israel’s Labor Party with insults…
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Fast Forward New Intifada If Trump Recognizes Jerusalem As Israel Capital, Hamas Says
JERUSALEM (JTA) – The Palestinian terror organization Hamas said it would incite a new intifada, or uprising, if the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Hamas on Saturday issued a statement calling on Palestinians to “incite an uprising in Jerusalem so that this conspiracy does not pass.” “This decision would represent a U.S. assault…
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Fast Forward Trump To Recognize Jerusalem As Capital Of Israel Next Week
Trump will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel next week, according to reports from Reuters and Axios. No previous U.S. president has recognized Jerusalem as the capital. The White House initially denied the reports, then said it had “nothing to announce.” “The President has always said it is a matter of when, not if,”…
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