Daily Archives: August 31, 2021

‘If I win elections, Canadian embassy will be moved to Jerusalem’

By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— Erin O’Toole, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, vowed on Monday that if his party wins in the upcoming federal elections, Canada’s embassy in Israel will be moved to Jerusalem. “This was a commitment I made several years ago,” he told reporters. “Israel is a close ally of…

Biden raised reopening of Jerusalem consulate, opposition to evictions, with PM

By Jacob Magid, Times of Israel— US President Joe Biden reaffirmed his plan to reopen the US consulate in Jerusalem and expressed his opposition to Israeli evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood during a closed Oval Office meeting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, a senior White House aide in the room told…