Jerusalem
Travelogue / Journey to Jerusalem
After our spiritual journey to the Old City and West Bank, the realities of life caught up to us.
Israeli police clash with mourners at Al Jazeera journalist's funeral
Israeli police clashed with Palestinian mourners packed around the coffin of killed Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh at the start of her funeral procession in Jerusalem on Friday.
US closes Jerusalem consulate, demoting Palestinian mission
The United States has officially shuttered its consulate in Jerusalem, downgrading the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by folding it into the US Embassy to Israel.
ARSON KITE ATTACKS AND BORDER PROTESTS / Gaza blockade tightened
Israel tightened its blockade of the Gaza Strip yesterday, partly over kites carrying firebombs to set alight Israeli farmland, as concerns mounted over whether the rudimentary devices could spark another war.
Jerusalem - “A day which will live in infamy” (. . . if history is any guide)
US President Donald J Trump did not mince his words: President Harry S Truman, a Democrat, made the United States the first country to recognise Israel's statehood (May 14, 1948), yet his own December 6, 2017 decision to shift the US embassy to Jerusalem, the first country to do so, on May 14, 2018, may have converted the logical 1948 recognition decision into a 2018 conflict invitation.
US opens its Jerusalem embassy in ceremony
The United States officially opens its deeply controversial Jerusalem embassy in a ceremony that included a video address by President Donald Trump.
US Embassy to move to Jerusalem by end of 2019
The US Embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, US Vice President Mike Pence says in a speech to the Israeli parliament that highlighted a policy shift that has stoked Palestinian anger and international concern.
Jerusalem not for sale: Palestine
Palestinian officials have voiced outrage over President Donald Trump’s threat to cut funding to the Palestinian Authority, calling his tweets “blackmail” in the aftermath of the US administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Violence flares at protest near US Embassy in Lebanon
Lebanese security forces have fired tear gas and water canons at protesters near the US Embassy in Lebanon during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Israeli retaliation strikes kill 2 Palestinian gunmen in Gaza
Israel launches fresh airstrikes in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from the enclave and the Palestinian Islamist Hamas group says two of its gunmen are killed in the bombings.
Palestinian killed in Gaza clashes over Trump's Jerusalem move
Israeli soldiers is shot dead a Palestinian man near the Gaza border in clashes over US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the Palestinian Health Ministry says.
Israeli minister sees Trump “hint” at Jerusalem partition with Palestinians
An Israeli cabinet minister says the phrasing of US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital suggested openness to eventual Palestinian control of part of the city, though he predicts Israel will oppose this.
Letting a genie out of the bottle
US President Donald J Trump has let a genie out of the bottle with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and intent to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Trump’s decision on Jerusalem unacceptable: Bangladesh PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slams US President Donald Trump as he declares Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on a “suo-moto move” (voluntarily).
Iraq demands US backtrack on Jerusalem, summons ambassador
Iraq demands that the US government backtrack on a decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and summons the US ambassador in Baghdad to protest the decision.
Jerusalem conflict: A timeline
Conflicts over Jerusalem go back thousands of years — including biblical times, the Roman Empire and the Crusades — but the current one is a distinctly 20th-century story, with roots in colonialism, nationalism and anti-Semitism.
Palestinians seethe at Trump’s ‘insane’ Jerusalem move
Palestinians seethed with anger and a sense of betrayal over US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise the disputed city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Global concern mounts over Trump's Jerusalem plan
Global concern mounts ahead of an announcement by US President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, with Pope Francis joining a list of leaders warning of the potential for dangerous fallout.
Respect status quo of Jerusalem, says Pope in response to Trump move
Pope Francis, speaking hours before US President Donald Trump's announcement on Jerusalem, calls for the city's "status quo" to be respected, saying new tension in the Middle East would further inflame world conflicts.
