Israel’s parliament on Thursday passed the controversial bill that defines the country as an exclusively Jewish state. The Jewish nation state bill downgrades Arabic as an official language and says advancing Jewish settlement is a national interest. It also states that the whole and united Jerusalem is its capital, BBC[Read More…]
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Rebuffing US, General Assembly votes resolution on Jerusalem; India backs move
United Nations: In a rebuff to the US, the UN General Assembly on Thursday, passed by a two-thirds majority, a resolution criticising President Donald Trump‘s decision to unilaterally declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel and move Washington’s embassy there. India joined the overwhelming Assembly majority to vote for the resolution that[Read More…]
Trump officially recognises Jerusalem as Israeli capital
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday formally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the face of international criticism while asserting that he was “not taking a position of any final status” of the ancient city that is also claimed by Palestine. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, speaking[Read More…]
Fatah and Hamas to form unity government in Palestine
After a three-day negotiation talk in Moscow, The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) on Tuesday has agreed to form a unity government with Hamas. “We have reached an agreement under which, within 48 hours, we will call on (Palestinian leader) Mahmoud Abbas to launch consultations on the creation of a government[Read More…]
Jerusalem: Truck attack kills at least 5 Israeli soldiers; EU condemns the incident
A Palestinian rammed a truck into a crowd of Israeli soldiers who were visiting the famous tourist spot in Jerusalem, killing five and wounding at least 15 people, said authorities. The driver was also killed in an attack at the spot overlooking holy sites in the Old City like the[Read More…]
Exclusive! Jesus Christ’s tomb opened for first time in centuries
Preservation experts have opened for the first time in at least two centuries what Christians believe is Jesus’s tomb inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Some of the historic work was witnessed by AFP photographer Gali Tibbon who captured images of the site believed to contain the[Read More…]