US House passes motion repudiating UN resolution on Israel

By Eric Cortellessa, Times of Israel— The US House of Representatives passed a scathing rebuke Thursday night to a United Nations Security Council resolution the Obama administration allowed through last month that condemned Israeli settlements as illegal. House Resolution 11 declared the UN motion a “one-sided” effort that is an obstacle to peace, placing disproportionate…

Trump’s team to PA: ‘There is no Palestine, Jerusalem is not your capital’

By World Israel News— President-elect Donald Trump’s transitional team has recently been in contact with the Palestinians on how to proceed with diplomatic negotiations. Israel Radio, in a report on Tuesday, quoted sources within Trump’s team and among Palestinian Authority officials who affirmed that the contacts were taking place. In the report, an unnamed “senior…