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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sits alongside Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Capitol Hill in 2015. (Wikimedia Commons)

Shifting sands? Grassroots element in Democratic Party turns from Israel

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A great deal of ink has been spilled writing about the growing partisan divide in Washington, D.C. In fact, one of the few remaining bipartisan issues has been support for Israel. But even so,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with Czech President Miloš Zeman (left) at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPOFlash90

Deconstructing the complex, yet sanguine, relations between Israel and the Czech Republic

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The transfer of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14 has spurred interest from several countries considering similar moves. Guatemala followed suit just two days later on May 16, and Paraguay and...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with President of Guatemala Jimmy Morales Cabrera at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Photo: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO

On the heels of the US move, Guatemala opens its embassy in Jerusalem

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Just two days after the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem to much fanfare, Guatemala made its move to open its embassy in the Israeli capital. Guatemala’s President Jimmy Morales said: “With the opening of our...
Gaza protestors take part in weekly Friday riots at the border with Israel, May, 4, 2018. (Wikimedia Commons)

Terrorist propaganda vs. the truth

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The images from Gaza making the rounds across the globe are the product of a well-planned campaign by Hamas public-relations wizards. Every wounded person is a useful cog in the well-oiled machine; every person...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Ambassador Friedman: Hamas breaching the Gaza border a ‘suicide bomb on a large scale’

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Speaking to a group of evangelical faith leaders that serve as informal advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said that moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem is part...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses the U.N. General Assembly in September 2009. Credit: U.N. Photo/Marco Castro.

Amid rising tensions, Israel expels Turkish diplomat

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Israel summoned the Turkish Consul General in Jerusalem and expelled him from the country, following Turkey’s expulsion of the Israeli consul general from Ankara. The diplomatic incident continues increasing tensions between Turkey and Israel, which...
The headquarters of The New York Times. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

CAMERA prompts correction in ‘New York Times’ on new American embassy location

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In a May 11 story about the new American embassy in Jerusalem, The New York Times claimed that the new embassy is partially located in eastern Jerusalem: “The embassy is partly in predominantly Jewish West Jerusalem and partly in...
Vice President Mike Pence at the celebration marking the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and Israel’s 70th anniversary in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 2018. Credit: Israeli Embassy.

At Jerusalem embassy gala in Washington, Pence declares Trump ‘greatest defender of Israel ever’...

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday that President Donald Trump is the “greatest defender of the Jewish state to ever to sit in the Oval Office” at a celebration of the opening...
Foreign Affairs chief of the European Union Federica Mogherini. Credit: Annika Haas (EU2017EE) via Flickr.

Mogherini: ‘No move of EU representation to Jerusalem until final status of city resolved’

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BRUSSELS —“The European Union has a clear, consolidated position on Jerusalem, which was reaffirmed in numerous Foreign Affairs Council conclusions. The E.U. will continue to respect the international consensus on Jerusalem embodied in, inter...
Israeli and the American flags are screened on the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City on May 13, 2018, ahead of the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Credit: Yontan Sindel/Flash90

Israelis respond to Trump, U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem

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In the context of the new U.S. embassy opening on May 14, Israelis have mixed feelings about U.S. President Trump’s initiative that effectively recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Daniel Landau, a nursing student...