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Turkey’s Erdogan seeks to lead Muslim response on Jerusalem

Turkey’s leader is seeking to spearhead Islamic reaction to the US declaration on Jerusalem, but it is uncertain if he can coordinate a meaningful response among often disunited Muslim nations. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who regards himself as a champion of the Palestinian cause, had fulminated against President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s

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Czech leader slams EU ‘cowards’ on Jerusalem stance

Czech President Milos Zeman on Saturday accused EU states of being “cowards” in their response to his US counterpart Donald Trump recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “The European Union, cowards, are doing all they can so a pro-Palestinian terrorist movement can have supremacy over a pro-Israeli movement,” said Zeman, presenting himself as a defender of

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On Jerusalem, let ’em rage

The hand-wringers at the United Nations, the European Union, the Catholic Church and within the political ranks of progressive, globalist, Islamic apologist minds worldwide are predicting nothing but gloom and doom, violence and mayhem, death and quite possibly destruction, from President Donald Trump’s announced intent to move the U.S. Embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv,

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To date, Palestinians’ Jerusalem protests are a case of ‘intifada lite’

By Avi Issacharoff Although Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has enthusiastically described the Palestinians’ violent protests against US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as a “blessed intifada,” what has actually been taking place on the ground in the territories is nothing like the outbreak of the first intifada 30 years ago. It

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Thousands protest in Tel Aviv against corruption; Likud slams ‘division’

By TOI staff and Alexander Fulbright Thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night for an anti-corruption demonstration aimed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is being investigated in a pair of graft probes, and amid government efforts to push through the so-called police recommendations bill. Netanyahu’s close political ally and chairman of

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Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza as Muslim World Protests Continue Against Trump’s Jerusalem Decision

Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from Gaza killed two men Saturday, in the latest fallout from the announcement from U.S. President Donald Trump that Washington is recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and plans to move its Israeli embassy there. Hamas said two of its gunmen were killed in the

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N. Korea condemns ‘dotard’ Trump over Jerusalem

North Korea has lambasted US President Donald Trump for recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, renewing its description of him as a “dotard” in a statement released Saturday on state media. Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un have traded threats of war and personal insults in recent months as tensions remain high over the North’s

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European allies give Tillerson an earful about Trump’s decision on Jerusalem

WASHINGTON �� It was Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s bad luck that he was in Europe meeting with dozens of U.S. allies when President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, announced U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, which angered much of the world. Tillerson, who wound up a five-day, four-city, three-country tour Friday, got

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Iraq announces victory over ISIL

Iraq has declared victory over ISIL militants. Three years after the group calling itself Islamic State overran about a third of Iraqi territory, the government says the last of ISIL fighters have been driven from the country. Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi Prime Minister, said in a televised address: “Honourable Iraqis: your land has been completely

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Arab League condemns US move as ‘dangerous and unjust’

The head of the Arab League has called US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “dangerous and unacceptable” and a “flagrant attack on a political solution” to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. The statement by Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, secretary-general of the regional organisation, came at the start of an emergency meeting of foreign

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Texas imam calls for Israel’s destruction – in Arabic

Sheikh Ramadan Elsabagh WASHINGTON – Following President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a Texas-based Islamic cleric has posted a recorded prayer on his Facebook page calling for Israel’s destruction, along with “their allies, and those who assist them and those who allowed them into the abodes of the Muslims.” While Sheikh Ramadan Elsabagh

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Second Temple coin at the UN Security Council

Israel”s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon addressed a special session of the Security Council convened to discuss US President Donald Trump”s announcement on Jerusalem. Israel Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon thanked President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley by saying that “we are grateful to

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Jewish Home leader: I will run for prime minister

Jewish Home Chairman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Saturday evening told Channel 2’s “Meet the Israeli Press” program that he intends to run for prime minister when Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is done serving in the role. “I think that this government is a good nationalist government,” Bennett said. “It’s a government led

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