Poll: Vast Majority of Israelis Prefer Sovereignty in Jerusalem Over Peace Deal

By JNS— While it is often reported that most Israelis favor a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an entirely different picture emerges once Jerusalem is added to the equation, a new survey has found. The poll, commissioned by Israel Hayom and conducted by Maagar Mochot, found 67 percent of Israelis would oppose a peace…

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Spicer: Embassy move a question of when, not if

By Elad Benari, Israel National News— White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Friday stressed that President Donald Trump still intends to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Speaking to reporters at his daily press briefing, Spicer spoke of Trump’s decision to sign the presidential waiver on the Jerusalem Embassy…

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In Our Hands: The Miracle Six Day War

By Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism— On Thursday, June 1, and Tuesday, June 6, there will be an encore screening of In Our Hands: The Battle for Jerusalem. I saw this CBN documentary film about Israel’s Six Day War at the premiere earlier this week. If you have not seen it, you should find a participating theater and attend an upcoming encore. The…

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White House announces ‘postponement’ of Jerusalem embassy

By Michael Wilner, Herb Keinon, JPost— US President Donald Trump on Thursday “postponed” delivery on his campaign pledge to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, signing a waiver that officially delays a congressional mandate to do so. Explaining the move, White House aides said Trump hoped to maximize his chances of brokering…

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UN Chief: “Denial of Israel’s Right to Exist is Anti-Semitism”

By The Tower— The head of the United Nations told leaders from the Simon Wiesenthal Center that “denial of Israel’s right to exist is anti-Semitism,” the Jewish organization announced in a press release on Tuesday. Speaking at his offices at the UN headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres discussed the UN’s role in countering…

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Turkey Spending Millions to Grow Influence Over Jerusalem Arabs

By JNI— The Jerusalem municipality’s eastern Jerusalem experts have revealed in recent days that Turkey has been competing with Jordan over influence among Arab residents as well as over control of the Temple Mount, Hashiloach—an Israeli journal for thought and policy, created by the Tikvah Fund—reported last week. The city’s experts, David Koren and Ben…

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Netanyahu: Temple Mount will remain under Israeli sovereignty forever

By World Israel News— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel will never relinquish control over the Temple Mount and the Old City of Jerusalem. Speaking at the Knesset Wednesday during a special session in honor of Jerusalem Day and the 50th anniversary of the city’s reunification, Netanyahu acknowledged there are those who wish to…

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If Kushner has a Mideast peace plan, it’s a secret so far

By Jeff Mason and Luke Baker | JERUSALEM If Jared Kushner has a plan to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict, so far he’s giving little away. In the four months since President Donald Trump took office and gave his 36-year-old son-in-law the job of forging peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Kushner has kept his plans…

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Members of congress call on Trump to move embassy to Jerusalem

By Lahav Harkob, JPost— A bipartisan group of US congressmen called on President Donald Trump to move the American Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as the deadline for him to make a decision continues to loom. “The American Embassy belongs in the Jewish capital of Jerusalem,” Congressional Israel Allies Caucus co-chairman Rep.…

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