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The Egyptian government has asked four of the country’s most influential television hosts to influence their viewers towards accepting Trump’s December declaration that Jerusalem is capital of Israel despite the official stand expressed by Cairo, New Times Times (NYT) reports, Read more
The leader of the Palestinian authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas was emphatic over the future of the Holy Jerusalem saying that the old city is ‘not for sale’ in response to Donald Trump’s to cut off aid if Palestinians do not Read more
Palestinians has remained unconcerned following US President Donald Trump’s plans to cut off aid to Palestinians for their intransigence not to engage in talks with Israel under the US auspices. “We will not be blackmailed,” Hanan Ashrawi said in a Read more
Israel’s Culture and Sport minister riled in a letter the US National Basketball Association (NBA) after an official webpage of the association allegedly listed Palestine as “occupied territory” in list of world countries, reports say. Miri Regev in a letter Read more
Head of the Palestinian Hamas movement Tuesday stressed that the US is working on a peace plan proposing to Palestinian leaders the village of Abu Dis, close to Eastern Jerusalem, as the future capital of Palestine. Ismail Haniyeh revealed the Read more
The President of Guatemala announced on Sunday his decision to move their embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The move comes after the Central American country voted against the UN General Assembly motion condemning President Trump’s December 6 decision declaring Read more
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called on the European Union to take the lead in putting forward peace initiatives in the Middle East as trust fades in the US mediation after Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem capital of Israel. After a Read more
US envoy to the UN, Nikki Haley, hinted Thursday, following the landside vote at the UN General Assembly against President Trump’s decision recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, that the US could cut its support for the UN as it is Read more
The Palestinian President Thursday called “victory for Palestine” the UN motion at the General Assembly, which condemned with 128 votes US President’s recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel. The motion was brought before the GA after the US vetoed Read more
US President Donald Trump Wednesday threatened to cut aid for countries which voted Monday in the Security Council or which may potentially back a draft resolution at an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly this Thursday (dec.21) condemning President Read more