EU ministers 'united' about Jerusalem
brussels December 11, 2017 14:18The EU Foreign Ministers have given Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clarity on their position on Jerusalem on Monday.
The EU Foreign Ministers have given Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clarity on their position on Jerusalem on Monday.
Russia and Egypt have signed an agreement for the construction of a nuclear reactor in the North African country. The agreement provides for Russian assistance in the construction and supply of Moscow of nuclear fuel stocks.
The White House calls it 'regrettable' that the Palestinians no longer want to sit around the table with Vice President Mike Pence. He would come to sit around the table with the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, but he said it during the riot about the American recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a big hit on Sunday in the French capital Paris to Iran and Turkey. He also said that the sooner the Palestinians accept the reality that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, the sooner there will be peace.
At the central bus station in Jerusalem, an Israeli person was seriously injured on Sunday when he was attacked with a knife. According to Israeli media, it is a guard.
Lebanese security forces have deployed tear gas and water cannons against demonstrators at the American embassy in Beirut on Sunday.
Shortly before a visit to Paris and Brussels, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Europe for measuring the conflict in the Middle East by two measures. He said he heard many voices from Europe who condemned the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, 'but I have not heard any condemnations of the rocket attacks on Israel or the terrible thing against us.' # x27 ;.
The Arab League has asked the United States to review the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. According to a joint statement on the night from Saturday to Sunday, the American decision on Jerusalem is a violation of international law. \u0026 # X27; \u0026 # x27;
The Arab League met on Saturday in Cairo because of the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Among other things, this raised the possibility of putting pressure on the US with sanctions.
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt refused a request from the American Vice President Mike Pence to come to the audience. Because of all the tumult around the American recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, it seems better to the Coptic church not to receive Pence.
Two Hamas warriors have been killed on Saturday by Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, a spokesman told the militant Palestinian. The attacks were an answer to rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip on cities in Israel on Friday.
It seems that the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem will take some time. According to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the embassy is not 'moving this year, and probably not next year.'
The Israeli anti-aircraft defeated a rocket that was fired from the Gaza Strip on Friday night. This reported the newspaper Haaretz.
Israeli soldiers have shot a Palestinian demonstrator in the event of disturbances at the border between Gaza and Israel. At least sixty people have been injured.
Thousands of angry Palestinians took to the streets on Friday. They expressed their dissatisfaction with the decision of US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the official capital of Israel.
Tunisia called on the American ambassador on Friday for recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel by US President Donald Trump. Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi will convey his dissatisfaction about this, according to one of his advisers.
Mike Pence is not welcome in Palestine for the time being. That is what a high official from government party of President Mahmoud Abbas declared Thursday. The US Vice President would visit the country later this month.
The situation in the Middle East is only getting more complicated and the world is being divided by the American recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This is what the Kremlin spokesperson said on Thursday. He responded to the announcement by US President Trump that Washington recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah called for a new uprising or intifada against Israel in Gaza on Thursday. Haniyah made the call in response to the decision of US President Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The United Nations Security Council is likely to meet Friday to discuss the US President's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. According to diplomats, eight of the fifteen members asked for a meeting.
Donald Trump knows well as a real estate agent, that stuck negotiations can be pulled loose with a firm statement, but he has no idea which wasps' nest he sticks to with his attitude around Jerusalem. It is like having a cigarette lit in a fireworks factory.
The decision of President Donald Trump to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, and officially call that city as the capital of Israel, leads to great anger in especially Arab countries.
For the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the speech by US President Trump on Jerusalem is a reason to adjust travel advice for Israel and the Palestinian territories.
The Palestinians only have to settle for Abu Dis, a small dusty suburb of Jerusalem, as the capital of their future own state. At least that is what Saudi Crown Prince Salman of Mahmoud Abbas demanded. If the Palestinian president does not agree with this, he must resign.
US President Donald Trump, as expected, recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and said that the embassy would be moved to that city.
The US State Department has called on officials at all diplomatic posts abroad on Wednesday to not travel to Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank until December 20 if there is no urgent reason.
The American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital is the death blow to the credibility of the United States and Israel in their attitude towards the two-state solution. The Palestinian Envoy in the Netherlands, Rawan Suleiman, states this in a statement shortly before an expected announcement by President Trump.
The American plan to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is not the current President Trump. US support for Israel's policies has long been the backbone of the Jewish state protected by Washington in the UN Security Council.
Pope Francis has called for the recognition of the rights of all peoples in the Holy Land. According to him, that is the basis for a serious dialogue. The Pope spoke with Palestinians shortly before US President Trump announced Wednesday afternoon that the United States is recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.