Jerusalem
A large delegation of Jewish and Christian leaders traveled to Guatemala last week to thank President Jimmy Morales for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and announcing the move of its embassy to Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel would retain Jerusalem’s holy sites in any peace deal during a public interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.
Some run to stay fit. Others enjoy the physical and mental challenge. But participating organizations in this year’s Jerusalem Marathon not only enjoy such personal benefits—they are also running for social causes.
In line with the ongoing Palestinian boycott of the Trump administration, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas snubbed U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during the American leader’s visit to Israel this week and instead flew to Europe, where he implored the European Union to recognize a Palestinian state.
Pence concludes Israel trip with ‘inspiring’ Western Wall visit
Pence concludes his visit by praying at the Western Wall, one of the holiest sites in Judaism.
In a historic address to the Israeli Knesset on Monday, Vice President Mike Pence pledged that the U.S. would move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem “before the end of next year.”
Vice President Mike Pence is using his trip to the Middle East this week as an opportuni-ty to tout the Trump administration’s recent policy changes on Jerusalem.
Vice President Mike Pence met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem on Monday and called U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital the “dawn of a new era” in the Middle East.
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.
The rail will launch on March 30, exactly as forecasted by the former CEO of Israel Railways, Boaz Tzafrir, in 2014.
The Reform movement has started to retreat from its opposition to the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
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.
