Boy, what a difference a day makes. On Monday, I published an article in Middle East Eye in which I speculated that Jordan was the likely source of the intelligence which Donald Trump relayed to the Russians about an ISIS airplane bomb plot. I wrote then: None of the media stories reveal the name of […]
On Independence Day, UNESCO Okays Resolution Denying Israeli Claims to Jerusalem…
22 countries vote in favor of motion; 23 abstain, and 10 countries vote against; Israel envoy slams ‘new low, even by UNESCO standards’…Submitted to UNESCO’s Executive Board by Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and Sudan, the resolution on “Occupied Palestine,” which indicates that Israel has no legal or historical rights anywhere in Jerusalem, had […]
Jordan to Israel: Withdraw from West Bank and Arabs States Will Guarantee Security…
During a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Ayman Safadi said “in order for Israel to live in peace with the Arabs, it is necessary for them to leave the territories occupied after 1967. So if this happens, the Arab countries will be ready to give security guarantees to Israel,” Russia’s state-sponsored Sputnik news […]
Dramatic Ruling Paves Way for Thousands of East Jerusalemites to Regain Residency Rights…
When Akhram Abdalhak was 9, his family moved from Jerusalem to the United States. Years later, grown up and married, Abdalhak decided he wanted to move back to his native city. He found that he didn’t have the right to do so. He came back to Israel anyway 20 years ago. But his move was […]
Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem Will Escalate the Arab-Israeli Conflict…
Israel is the only country in the world that does not have the ability to have its chosen capital recognized by her closest allies. It’s an exception that defies diplomatic history. Jerusalem is indeed the international capital of the Jewish People: it’s the historical capital, it’s the geographic capital, and it’s the spiritual capital…
Palestinian President Writes to Trump over U.S. Embassy Move to Jerusalem…
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has written to US President-elect Donald Trump urging him not to move the American embassy to Jerusalem, official Palestinian media said on Monday. The Palestinian news agency Wafa did not say when the letter was sent but said it aimed to explain the “risks” of moving the embassy from Tel Aviv […]
Israel Approves Plans to Build 800 New Settler Units in Defiance of International Law…
Israel has approved plans to construct 800 new housing units for settlers in and around the occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in open defiance of international law…
Oooh Scary: UN “Criticizes” Israel’s Illegal Approval of New Construction in Palestine Occupied Lands…
Israel Removes Key Sites from Jerusalem’s Old City Map…
Dozens of sites of questionable historical importance, many of them Jewish settlements in the Muslim and Christian quarters of the Old City…
First Friday Prayers of Ramadan Pass Quietly in Tense Jerusalem…
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