Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dubbed the United Nations a “house of lies” on Thursday, ahead of a General Assembly vote on a resolution rejecting US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday thanked the mayor of the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Yam for naming a park after him in honor of the recent US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on world powers to recognize east Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine on Wednesday and said the United States should reverse the “awful and provocative” decision recognize the city as Israel’s capital.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — During the White House Hanukkah Reception in the East Room on Thursday, President Donald Trump celebrated his historic recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city.
WASHINGTON, DC — Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, told Breitbart News last week that he is sure President Donald Trump will move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as promised.
WASHINGTON, DC — Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, says President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city on Wednesday will secure his place in the history of the Jewish state and the Jewish people.
WASHINGTON — Defying longstanding American policy, US President Donald Trump will give a speech Wednesday recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, according to an Axios report on Friday.
United States Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said it is not a matter of “if, but when” the Trump administration will move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in a recent interview.
The Knesset and the Congress will jointly mark 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem in an event scheduled to be broadcast on live video link between the two legislatures next Tuesday. The move could be viewed as tacit recognition by the White House of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and spark controversy.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Pentagon said Thursday that the United States should continue treating Tel Aviv as Israel’s capital, breaking with Republican members of Congress and intimations the incoming president could fulfill his campaign pledge to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.
