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Trump says embassy will not move to Jerusalem within one year
January 18, 2018
President Donald Trump said he does not expect the U.S. Embassy in Israel to move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem within a year, contradicting comments made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make a joint appearance in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.
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Reform movement retreating from opposition to Trump’s Jerusalem decision
Rafael MedoffJanuary 8, 2018
The Reform movement has started to retreat from its opposition to the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) President Rabbi Rick Jacobs speaks at the organization's biennial convention in Boston in December 2017. Credit: URJ via Facebook.
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The two sides to the Arab vote on the UN’s Jerusalem resolution
Israel KasnettDecember 26, 2017
Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Gulf states supported last week's U.N. resolution opposing U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but they didn’t make a lot of noise over it.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Feb. 12 in Riyadh. Credit: U.N./Mohammed Al Deghaishim.
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Jerusalem protests, study on migrants show ‘potent recipe’ for anti-Semitism in Germany
Sean SavageDecember 19, 2017
In the German Jewish community, fears are growing that migration from Muslim countries with long histories of anti-Semitism might prompt a reversal of Germany’s confrontation of its anti-Semitic past as well as its strong relationship with Israel.
In July 2014 in Berlin, demonstrators carry a picture of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and protest against the Israeli military's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza. Credit: Boris Niehaus via Wikimedia Commons.
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