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The planned relocation of the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem will not take place within a year. That's what President Donald Trump said on Wednesday.

Pope Francis will visit the Turkish president Erdogan for the first time this month. The Holy See announced that the Turkish leader will attend the Audience in Vatican City on February 5th.

The Iranian spiritual leader Ali Khamenei has been removed to alleged foreign enemies. He told the powers on Twitter that they 'failed' in their attempts to overthrow the Iranian rulers.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has prevented 'several heavy attacks', including attacks with aircraft.

American Vice President Mike Pence visits Israel, Jordan and Egypt from January 20 to January 23, reported the White House on Monday. The trip was originally scheduled for last month after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Israel is preparing to restore electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip. The Israeli power cables to the Palestinian area have to be fully operational again by Monday evening \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; are, the Israeli authorities report according to The Times of Israel. This is done at the request of the Palestinian Authority.

Israel denies access to the country to members of twenty organizations worldwide. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, these are organizations that explicitly call for a boycott of Israel.

The Israeli writer and survivor of the Holocaust Aharon Appelfeld died at the age of 85. That has confirmed his family in Jerusalem. Appelfeld was one of Israel's most productive and well-known authors. He has 47 books to his name. His work was published in 35 languages, including Dutch.

The Israeli army has shot a young Palestinian during confrontations at the place of Ramallah. The man would have had the impression of having a firearm with him after which the soldiers shot at him, according to a statement from the army.

US President Donald Trump has threatened via Twitter to stop the money supply to the Palestinian Authority (PA). As long as they do not cooperate in bringing peace with Israel, Trump does not want to pay 'hundreds of millions to the Palestinians'.

The Israeli parliament passed a bill on Tuesday that makes it more difficult to hand over parts of Jerusalem after a peace agreement with the Palestinians. The Palestinians condemn the proposal because it undermines every opportunity to resume peace talks.

The Minister of Transport in Israel, Yisrael Katz, wants to extend a high-speed line between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to the Wailing Wall and name that station after Donald Trump. The costs are estimated at 700 million dollars.

Following the United States, Guatemala is the second country to announce that it is moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. President Jimmy Morales wants to support the decision of his American counterpart Donald Trump who came to the same decision earlier this month.

Israel has arrested three Turkish tourists in East Jerusalem. Two of them also have Belgian nationality. The Belgian Consulate General in East Jerusalem has announced this to the Flemish broadcaster VRT Nieuws on Saturday.

The FBI picked up a 26-year-old ex-marine from Modesto on Friday to prepare for an attack in San Francisco. On Christmas Day, the American wanted to attack Pier 39 in the name of Islamic State (IS).

The United States will establish their embassy in Jerusalem. 'Not a single vote in the United Nations will change that,' said US UN envoy Nikki Haley in response to the vote of the UN General Assembly on the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel by the US.

A 42-year-old woman from Jerusalem gave birth to her twentieth child, a boy, on Wednesday.

The General Assembly of the United Nations has rejected the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel by the United States. A resolution on this was adopted with 128 to nine votes. There were 35 abstentions.

US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May held telephone discussions on the Middle East peace process on Tuesday. The White House said that they have talked about measures that could lead to peace in the area.

The United States has vetoed the United Nations Security Council (UN) against a resolution drawn up by Egypt. He stated that the status of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is not legally valid and must therefore be withdrawn.

Militant Palestinians fired two more rockets from the Gaza Strip to Israel on Sunday. The projectiles hit at settlements in the south of the country. According to the police, there are no injuries.

The United Nations Security Council will vote on a motion for a resolution on Monday stating that decisions on the status of Jerusalem are not legally valid and should be withdrawn. That is what diplomats said on Sunday in recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel by US President Donald Trump.

Turkey must have an embassy in East Jerusalem. Turkish president Erdogan said this Sunday at a meeting of his party for Justice and Development (AK) in the south of the country.

Palestinians and the Israeli army have been battled again on the status of Jerusalem on Friday. In Jerusalem, Bethlehem and at the border crossing Kalandia came to confrontations.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians, including hundreds of armed, met on Thursday in Gaza to celebrate Hamas' thirtieth anniversary. The leader of the Islamic resistance movement solemnly promised to reverse the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

US Vice President Mike Pence is planning a planned trip to the Middle East. The Republican remains for the security in the US, because he may be needed in the Senate. 'We probably do not need his voice. We are just not waiting for a scenario in which he is on the other side of the world and has to return ', said a senior government official.

Islamic countries want East Jerusalem to be recognized as the capital of Palestine. That is stated in the final statement of the summit of Islamic countries in Turkish Istanbul, reported Turkish media.

Israel is a terrorist state and the American decision on Jerusalem is a reward for its terrorist acts. These firm statements came out of the mouth of the Turkish president Recep Erdogan on Wednesday at the start of the special summit of the organization for Islamic cooperation OIC.

Two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were killed on Tuesday with a drone. This was reported by the Haaretz newspaper on the authority of sources in the Gaza Strip. They argue that with a drone driven by Israeli soldiers, two Palestinians were wound up on a motorcycle in the north of the strip at Beit Lahiya.

The Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah is once again turning its sights on the Palestinian cause after the battle in Syria. Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stressed this on Monday.