Saudi Arabia slams Israeli fire in Gaza, silent on Jerusalem
Saudi Arabia condemned Israeli gunfire on Monday (May 14) that killed at least 52 Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others, without mentioning the inauguration of…
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Israel Begins Sending Deportation Notices To African Migrants
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel began the process of serving deportation notices to African refugees from Eritrea and Sudan. The notices started being distributed on Sunday,…
Iran says Jerusalem ‘unchangeable’ capital of Palestine
Iran has declared Jerusalem the “unchangeable” capital of Palestine and has vowed to confront any attempt to change its status. Speaking in Tehran on Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Minister…
Abbas Calls For African Role In Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called for the African Union and its member states to play a role in a multilateral mechanism for…
Israel agrees to open graves in search for ‘stolen babies’
Israel has agreed to open graves believed to hold the remains of children who died shortly after the country’s founding, in the latest move in a…
Iran Recognizes Jerusalem As Palestinian Capital City In Response To Trump Declaration
In a symbolic pushback to President Donald Trump’s declaration on the status of Jerusalem, Iranian lawmakers on Wednesday voted to recognize the contested city as…
Trump threatens to cut aid over UN Jerusalem vote
US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut aid to countries that vote in favour of a draft UNresolution condemning the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel….
UN Security Council to weigh resolution on Jerusalem
The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Monday on a draft resolution rejecting the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, less than two…
Turkey suggests opening embassy to Palestine in East Jerusalem
Turkey will open an embassy in east Jerusalem once the world recognises an independent Palestinian state, the country’s foreign minister has said. Mevlut Cavusoglu said there was “serious determination” among…
Responding to Trump, Turkey says it will open an embassy in East Jerusalem — in support of Palestinians
Escalating the chorus of global condemnation of President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the Turkish government announced Friday it would open an embassy…