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The Palestinian Fatah party on Saturday called for “angry” protests this week when US Vice President Mike Pence comes to Israel, in response to US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

JERUSALEM – Israel appreciates the “reassertion of American leadership in the Middle East” as demonstrated by the change in U.S. policy on Iran since President Donald Trump took office, as well as the Trump administration’s bold moves in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Donald Trump at a press conference in Jerusalem Monday.

JERUSALEM – The United States and Israel must stand together to fight against terror groups and their sponsors like the Islamic State and Iran, President Donald Trump told Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday.

Moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would end the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat warned on Saturday.

TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump should pay no heed to the threat of violence and move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the capital’s mayor said on Wednesday.

TEL AVIV – Radio talk show host Mark Levin slammed President Donald Trump for playing “footsie” with “known terrorist” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, saying, “This is turning into Obama 2.0.”

TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump’s inauguration rabbi criticized the president and his administration for its reticence to clarify its position on Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem, but added that he was confident the president would erase all doubts once he arrives in Israel next week.

TEL AVIV -President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, arrived in the country to take up his position at the behest of President Reuven Rivlin, who told the new envoy that it is time for the entire world to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

TEL AVIV – Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem would help peace efforts by “shattering the Palestinian fantasy that Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Sunday.

TEL AVIV – The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) has called on President Donald Trump to right an “historic injustice” and move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV — Despite media reports to the contrary, President Donald Trump is still considering moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the White House said on Wednesday.

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian Authority television program had young children reciting poems encouraging violence on two separate occasions in January, the NGO Palestinian Media Watch reported over the weekend.

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein urged his American counterpart, US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, to advocate for the relocation of the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, during a meeting in DC earlier this week.

Former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro wrote that moving the US embassy to Jerusalem can be undertaken even before Israel and the Palestinians reach a peace deal, reversing his position on the matter since the Obama administration left the White House.

U.S. president Donald Trump said in an interview Sunday that a “very big decision” is coming soon on moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

European Union foreign policy czar Federica Mogherini said on Monday that embassies of European countries and of the European Union will remain in Tel Aviv even if US President Donald Trump goes ahead with his plan to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met on Sunday with Jordanian King Abdullah, with the planned US move of its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem topping the two leaders’ agenda.

The Palestinian Authority over the weekend continued its campaign of threats against U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The Palestinian Authority has issued dozens of threats against the planned move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem, warning that such an act would bring war and an end to all previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements.

The incoming Trump administration will be “infested” with pro-Israel figures, Palestinian-American academic Rashid Khalidi said this week.

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers on Monday opposed any plan by President-elect Donald Trump to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and warned that it could ratchet up tensions with the Arab world.

TEL AVIV – In a dramatic development following the Paris peace summit on Sunday, the United Kingdom refused to sign a joint declaration calling for a two-state solution, saying the document may “harden” the Palestinian stance for negotiations.

TEL AVIV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas praised the final communique of the Paris peace summit on Sunday, saying it “reaffirmed” the recent UN Security Council resolution attacking Israeli settlements.

TEL AVIV – The U.S. will prevent any further action against Israel at the UN and would work to soften the final text of a resolution emerging from the Paris peace summit, Secretary of State John Kerry told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone conversation on Sunday.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced the Paris peace summit as “pointless” and the “final palpitations” of yesterday’s world.

TEL AVIV – Moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem as per President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise is a “provocation” that would result in “serious consequences,” France warned at Sunday’s peace summit in Paris.

The incoming Trump administration plans to move ahead with its plans to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem regardless of criticism from Arab nations, CNN reported Monday.

TEL AVIV – If President-elect Donald J Trump makes good on his promise to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, it would be considered “a declaration of war” on all Muslims, the Palestinian Authority’s supreme Sharia judge Mahmoud Al-Habbash declared on Friday.

AMMAN- Jordan’s government spokesman warned on Thursday of “catastrophic” repercussions if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on a campaign promise to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV — President-elect Donald Trump “remains firmly committed” to moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, his transition team said.

In the affluent neighbourhood Kfar Shmaryahu north of Tel Aviv, three high-tech startups made business pitches to an eager crowd of investors, media, and others.