Tag: Jerusalem
Israel’s foreign minister to announce foreign-embassy relocation plan
The Israeli government is preparing an official initiative, including an incentives package, to encourage countries to relocate their embassies to Jerusalem. Foreign Minister Israel Katz will soon present a proposal to the Cabinet to...
Greenblatt: Palestinian aspirations for Jerusalem don’t constitute ‘a right’
The Palestinian aspiration to a have a capital in Jerusalem is “not a right,” and “international consensus is not international law” when it comes to creating a Palestinian state, said U.S. Middle East envoy...
Archaeologists find fabled Crusader moat outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls
Archaeologists have discovered an 11th-century moat just outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls—the first hard evidence of a fabled Crusader siege against the city 920 years ago. Attested to in several historical documents, many scholars...
Booker, Biden, Gillibrand wouldn’t move US embassy in Jerusalem if elected president
U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand, and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, have said that if elected president in 2020, each of them would keep the U.S. embassy in Israel in Jerusalem, despite criticizing U.S. President...
Presidential candidate Joe Sestak would move the US embassy ‘back out of Jerusalem’
Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, who is running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, said on Friday that, if elected, he would undo U.S. President Donald Trump’s relocation of the U.S. embassy in...
If elected president, Montana governor promises to keep US embassy in Jerusalem
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who is running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, said on Tuesday that if elected, the U.S. embassy in Israel would remain in Jerusalem “because it’s moved,” reported CBS News.
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Building projects at entrance to Jerusalem means real growth (and some growing pains)
Just like “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” neither was Jerusalem, says Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum.
As a part of the city’s development endeavors, Jerusalem’s main entrance will undergo a grand makeover—a million-square-meter...
If elected, Buttigieg won’t move US embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, said that if elected, he would not move the U.S. embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv.
“What’s...
Despite pressure, film about rising anti-Semitism in Europe gets Jerusalem screening
After several venues canceled screenings at the last minute, a controversial documentary film directed by U.K. right-wing media figure Katie Hopkins was shown in Jerusalem Tuesday evening at the Uri Zvi Greenberg Legacy House.
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Government turmoil aside, Moldovan premier declares embassy move to Jerusalem
Amid turmoil within Moldova’s government, the country’s prime minister announced on Tuesday that the Moldovan embassy in Israel will be relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as the Cabinet of Minister approved the sale...