Israeli legislators have approved a bill that makes it more difficult to divide Jerusalem. The bill passed early on Tuesday and stipulates that two-thirds support is needed in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, before Israel can relinquish control over any portion of the holy city to a foreign entity, according[…]
Guatemala’s foreign minister says her country’s decision to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem is final, urging the international community to “respect” this commitment. “It’s a decision that has been made … It is not going to be reversed,” Sandra Jovel told journalists on Friday, according to a report[…]
Israel has filed notice to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) alongside the United States. Israel has blasted UNESCO in recent years over the organisation’s criticism of Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem and its decision to grant full membership to Palestine in 2011. UNESCO Director-General[…]
Three of the nine countries that voted against the UN General Assembly’s motion to reject the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel had been American colonies and are still partly governed by mutual agreements with Washington. The UN resolution was backed by 128 states, while 35[…]
In a “massive setback” to US President Donald Trump’s Middle East foreign policy, the vast majority of UN member-states voted on Thursday in favour of a motion rejecting Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Trump had threatened to cut funding to countries that back the measure. Palestinian President Mahmoud[…]
US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut aid to countries that vote in favour of a draft UN resolution condemning the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Trump said at the White House on Wednesday the US would be “watching those votes” in the General[…]
The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency meeting after the US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution rejecting the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The request for the General Assembly meeting was put forth by a bloc of Arab nations, Turkey and the Organization of Islamic[…]
The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Monday on a draft resolution regarding the status of Jerusalem, less than two weeks afterdeclared the city Israel’s capital. Trump made the announcement on December 6, saying at the time that the US would be moving its embassy in Israel from[…]
The biggest grouping of Islamic nations put aside differences and recognised East Jerusalem as the capital of occupied Palestine, the most concrete response yet to the American move of recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The surprise announcement came despite Saudi Arabia and its allies sending low-level officials to the heads[…]
Hands off Jerusalem! These fervent words echoed through the Cape Town CBD today as thousands of demonstrators rallied against US president Donald Trump’s controversial decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The voices of Capetonians, many of them dressed in Palestinian colours and flying the Palestinian national flag, were clear[…]
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