Tag: Israel

After US veto, UN assembly to vote on Jerusalem resolution

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) –The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency session Thursday to vote on a draft resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital after the United States vetoed the measure at the Security Council. Turkey and Yemen requested the urgent meeting of the 193-nation assembly on behalf of the Arab group of countries and the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The two countries circulated a draft resolution on […]

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US vetoes UN resolution rejecting Trump’s Jerusalem decision

by Carole Landry Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States on Monday vetoed a draft UN resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, after all 14 other Security Council members backed the measure. The veto cast by US Ambassador Nikki Haley highlighted Washington’s isolation over Trump’s announcement that the US embassy will be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, effectively ignoring Palestinian claims on the city. The shift […]

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EU leaders say Jerusalem stance ‘unchanged’ after Trump move

BRUSSELS, Jerusalem (AFP) — European Union leaders on Thursday rejected US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, saying they stuck by their view that the city’s status should be settled by negotiation. Trump’s administration invited widespread criticism earlier this month when it officially recognized Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, effectively ignoring Palestinian claims on the city. “EU leaders reiterate firm commitment to the two-state solution and, in this context, the EU […]

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Recognize East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital: Islamic leaders

by Stuart Williams and Fulya Ozerkan Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Islamic leaders on Wednesday urged world powers to recognize occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of the “State of Palestine”, as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas warned that the United States no longer had a role to play in the peace process. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan convened an emergency summit of the world’s main pan-Islamic body, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Istanbul, seeking […]

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Amid Trump move to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel, DFA says PHL “has always supported policy of two states”

(Eagle News) — The Philippines does not support US President Donald Trump’s move to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In a statement on Wednesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the country “has always supported the policy of two states for two peoples as a long-term solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians…” The DFA said this was “consistent with our vote in favor of the Partition Plan for Palestine in […]

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Erdogan seeks to urge Muslim leaders into Jerusalem action

by Fulya  Ozerkan and Ezzedine Said Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday chaired an emergency summit of the world’s main pan-Islamic body, seeking to marshal Muslim leaders towards a coordinated response to the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Erdogan, whose country holds the rotating chairmanship of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will be hoping to unite often feuding Muslim leaders into a tough final statement on the […]

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Israeli minister calls Arab MPs ‘war criminals’

JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) — Israel’s defense minister on Monday called Arab MPs “war criminals,” a day after he urged a boycott of Israeli Arabs living near the scene of clashes over the US president’s Jerusalem declaration. Avigdor Lieberman was speaking in a televised parliamentary debate on a motion of no confidence in the right-wing government filed by the mainly Arab Joint List alliance. Presenting the motion, Joint List lawmaker Hanin Zoabi said Prime Minister Benjamin […]

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Fifth day of protests in Middle East over Trump’s Jerusalem move

by Mike Smith Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined – The Middle East saw a fifth day of protests on Monday over US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, while further global condemnation followed the deeply controversial move. While tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met EU foreign ministers in Brussels, declaring that the move he has lauded as historic “makes peace possible.” He also said he expected “all or […]

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Palestinian president will not meet Pence: adviser

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will not hold a planned meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence following Washington’s controversial  policy shift on Jerusalem, an Abbas aide said on Saturday. “There will be no meeting with the vice president of America in Palestine,” diplomatic adviser Majdi al-Khaldi told AFP. “The United States has crossed all the red lines with the Jerusalem decision,” he added. The White House warned on Thursday that cancelling the […]

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Israel strike kills 2 Palestinians, says Gaza officials

  GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — An Israeli air strike on a Gaza base of Hamas’s military wing killed two people on Saturday, health officials of the territory’s Palestinian Islamist rulers said. The strike on a base in Nusseirat in the central Gaza Strip, one of several in the early hours, came amid protests across the Palestinian territories against US President Donald Trump’s deeply controversial recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The Hamas health […]

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Scrapping Pence-Abbas talks ‘counterproductive’: White House aide

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House warned Thursday that canceling a planned meeting between Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Vice President Mike Pence in the wake of the US policy shift on Jerusalem would be “counterproductive.” Amid indications that Abbas may withdraw from a planned meeting later this month, a White House aide said Pence “still plans to meet with Abbas as scheduled” and “believes it would be counterproductive for him to pull […]

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Putin ‘deeply concerned’ at US Jerusalem move

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian president Vladimir Putin is “deeply concerned” by Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, the Kremlin said in a statement Thursday. In a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Putin called for the Palestinians and Israel to “hold back” and renew negotiations. “This kind of measure can block possible paths to peace in the Middle East,” the Kremlin said of US President Trump’s move. […]

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