‘US must recognize Israeli sovereignty on the Golan’

By Gary Willig, Arutz 7— Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) called on President Donald Trump to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights at the annual Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in New York Sunday. “The developments in Syria, including the chemical attack, emphasize the threat posed by the Iranian axis in the region,”…

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President Trump’s message to Israel

By David Rosenberg, Arutz 7— President Donald Trump is slated to visit Israel on May 22nd, part of a trip that includes scheduled stops in Saudi Arabia and the Vatican. Ahead of his trip, the president released a statement to Israel Hayom Monday morning that describes his plans for working with the Israeli government to…

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UK government said to cancel Prince Charles’ visit to Israel

BY TAMAR PILEGGI AND RAOUL WOOTLIFF, Times of Israel— A potentially historic visit to Israel by a senior member of the British royal family scheduled for later this year has reportedly been canceled by the country’s Foreign Office over fears it would anger the UK’s Arab allies. The Sun tabloid reported Sunday that Prince Charles…

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Watch: Netanyahu tosses Hamas policy paper on Israel into waste bin

By Reuters— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday symbolically tossed into a bin a Hamas policy paper published last week that set out an apparent softening of the Palestinian Islamist group’s stance toward Israel. In a document issued last Monday, Hamas said it was dropping its longstanding call for Israel’s destruction, but said it still…

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TRUMP IN ISRAEL: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MEANINGFUL SPEECH

By Eric Mandel, JPOST-— Now that US President Donald Trump has met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and said, “We’re going to start a process which hopefully will lead to peace,” while UNESCO has endorsed another resolution claiming Israel illegally occupies every part of Jerusalem, including west Jerusalem, Trump is being lobbied to make…

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Trump’s tragic mistake

By Caroline Glick, JPost— By all accounts, US President Donald Trump is a friend of the Jewish state. It is due to Trump’s heartfelt support for Israel and the US-Israel alliance that his meeting Wednesday with PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas at the White House is most discouraging. By meeting with Abbas, and committing himself to…

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Fatah leader: Fatah and Hamas agree Israel has no right to exist

Fatah leader:  “To this moment, Fatah does not recognize Israel” Hamas leader:  “Our principles say that our land is all of Palestine, including the land that is under occupation (i.e., Israel)” Talk about establishing a state in the West Bank and Gaza “is a tactical step” Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik Fatah, which presents…

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Hamas rejects Abbas peace proposal outline to Trump

By Dov Lieber and Eric Cortellessa, JPOST— The Hamas terror group swiftly rejected statements made by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas with US President Donald Trump Wednesday, saying he had no authority to negotiate on behalf of the Palestinians. “No one has authorized Mahmoud Abbas to represent the Palestinian people and no one is obligated to…

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‘Former Israeli defense minister advised Trump on avoiding Obama’s mistakes’

By Gil Hoffman, JPost-— Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon met with American officials who play central roles in President Donald Trump’s administration ahead of Trump’s election, and advised them how to avoid mistakes in the Middle East, Ya’alon told The Jerusalem Post in an interview that will be published on Friday. Ya’alon’s recommendations that Trump…

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President urges world to recognize Jerusalem, move embassies

By Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel— President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday called on the world’s nations to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move their embassies to the city. Minutes after the United Nations’ cultural agency voted on a resolution denying Israel’s ties to the city, the president told foreign ambassadors stationed in Israel that…

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Pence: Trump Giving ‘Serious Consideration’ to Moving Embassy

By Abra Forman, Breaking Israel News— Speaking at a Washington event for Israel’s 69th Independence Day on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence said that President Donald Trump is still seriously considering moving the US embassy to the capital. “As we speak, is giving serious consideration to moving the American embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,”…

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Israeli minister calls to shut UNESCO’s Jerusalem office after contentious vote

BY STUART WINER AND RAPHAEL AHREN, Times of Israel— Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev is expected to demand that the offices of the UN’s cultural body in Jerusalem be shut following a controversial resolution passed on Tuesday denying Israeli claims to Jerusalem. Regev, of the ruling Likud party, will present her demand…

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Minister calls for annexation of Jerusalem-area towns

BY Mordechai Sones, Arutz 7— Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz calls on Israel to annex large parts of Judea and Samaria in response to UNESCO’s vote rejecting Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem. “The appropriate answer to UNESCO’s decision and to anyone else who doubts our right to sovereignty is to pass the ‘Greater Jerusalem Law’ that…

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