U.S. Embassy Jerusalem

• U.S. closes Jerusalem consulate, downgrading its Palestinian diplomatic mission

  For decades, the consulate functioned as a de facto embassy to the Palestinians. Now, that outreach will be handled by a Palestinian affairs unit, under the command of the embassy.

  World

  Mar 3, 2019
  
• There’s no easy fix to the Gaza mess, but threatening to flatten Hamas will help

  The Middle East is complicated but some problems have solutions, Matt Gurney says. 'If Hamas keeps people back from the border, no one else has to die.'

  Commentary

  May 16, 2018
  
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• Thousands of Palestinians gather to bury their dead after deadly protests

  Palestinians observed a strike Tuesday to mourn dozens killed by Israeli troops in a mass protest on the Gaza border — the single deadliest day there since a 2014 war and part of a high-stakes campaign by Gaza’s Hamas rulers to break a decade-long border blockade.

  World

  May 15, 2018
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• Jagmeet Singh harshly criticizes Liberals’ silence on deadly protests amid U.S. embassy change

  A longer message posted to the NDP official website not only condemned the killings, but urged the Liberal government to take a public stance against violations of international human rights.

  Politics

  May 14, 2018
• Netanyahu hosts U.S. embassy celebrations in Jerusalem, but most diplomats absent

  Israel launched celebrations for the U.S. Embassy's relocation to Jerusalem, a move whose break with world consensus was underscored by the absence of most envoys to the country.

  Politics

  May 13, 2018
• U.S. moving its Israel embassy to Jerusalem next week. Experts call move ‘a bad deal’

  Experts are concerned the Trump administration has tied its own hands by moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem without securing political reimbursement. 

  May 8, 2018
• ‘That’s no’: Donald Trump denies relocating U.S. embassy to Jerusalem within a year

  Donald Trump denied that the planned relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would take place within a year, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected it would.

  World

  Jan 18, 2018
• U.S. aid recipients, including key Arab allies, ignore White House’s threat over Jerusalem vote 

  The biggest recipients of American aid — most of them Muslim or Arab countries — rejected the threat, leaving the White House facing a tricky dilemma as it plots a course forward for the Middle East.

  Politics

  Dec 21, 2017
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• Donald Trump renews waiver to keep U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv

  U.S. President Donald Trump has temporarily waived a law requiring the U.S. to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

  Politics

  Jun 1, 2017