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Sen. Amy Klobuchar waves to the crowd at the Minnesota DFL election night party after winning re-election in Nov. 6, 2018, in St. Paul. Credit: Lorie Shaull/Flickr.

Democratic candidate Klobuchar won’t ‘move US embassy back to Tel Aviv’

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Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar became the second Democratic candidate for president in 2020 to pledge that, if elected, the U.S. embassy in Israel would remain in Jerusalem, where it was relocated from Tel Aviv in May...
Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., talks to Axios co-founder and executive editor Mike Allen in an interview for HBO. Credit: Screenshot.

If elected, Buttigieg won’t move US embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv

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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...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses guests at the official 242nd U.S. Independence Day celebration at Airport City in Lod on July 3, 2018. Photo: Yishai Fleisher.

Official US Independence Day celebrations to take place in Jerusalem for first time

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The U.S. embassy’s annual Independence Day celebration will take place in Jerusalem this year, for the first time, a little more than a year after the embassy was relocated from Tel Aviv to Israel’s...
The city of Jerusalem marked the first anniversary of the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Israel's capital, and illuminated the walls of the Old City and the Chords Bridge in the colors of the American flag, May 14, 2019. Credit: Jerusalem Municipality.

US, Israel mark one-year anniversary since embassy opening in Jerusalem

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated one year since the U.S. relocated its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. “Today marks the one-year anniversary...

Brazilian politician slams Gulf states for supporting US embassy move to Jerusalem

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Professor Jamal Harfoush, who is running for the Brazilian Federal Chamber of Deputies, uploaded a video to the Internet on Dec. 18, 2017, in which he harshly criticized Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states...
Palestinian leader Saeb Erekat. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Palestinian leader calls for boycotting merged US embassy in Jerusalem

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Palestinian leader Saeb Erekat called for boycotting the updated U.S. embassy in Israel, which officially absorbedthe U.S. Consulate General earlier this week. Erekat said on Thursday that the international community should “not to engage in any...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The five biggest American Jewish news stories of 2018

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From triumph to tragedy, 2018 was a busy year for American Jewry. Take a look at what JNS is naming the top five stories of the year. 1. Pittsburgh synagogue massacre  In the deadliest attack in American Jewish...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman visits the Western Wall in May 2017. Credit: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.

Friedman clarifies Trump’s statement on Israel paying a ‘higher price’ for Jerusalem

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman sought to clarify President Donald Trump’s statement last week that Israel would have to pay a “higher price” for the United States moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. “The...
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.

Jerusalem municipality fast-tracks expansion of and renovations to US embassy

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The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem will expand its office space, creating new entrances and service areas, thanks to fast-tracking of permits by the Jerusalem municipality. According to a report in Hadashot news, the expansion will...

From the embassy to an undivided Jerusalem

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It turns out that moving the U.S. embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is even more controversial than some of the Trump administration’s critics thought. Of course, their predictions that U.S. recognition of...