Tag: Jerusalem. capital of Israel

"Our bond is special," Netanyahu told reporters. "America and Israel are closer than ever before."

The United States plans to officially transfer its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and open temporary facilities on the secular date of Israel’s declaration of independence, May 14.

Trump's Jerusalem Declaration has historical ramifications that go far beyond just moving the embassy.

"We are sending a signal to our European allies that the time has come for changes in the Iran nuclear deal," ensuring the sunset provisions are completely eliminated.

It is the U.S. vice president's scheduled visit to the Western Wall in a section of Jerusalem coveted by the Palestinian Authority that has set Ramallah on edge.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision, and Guatemala’s move to get on board is evidence that a major shift in international politics is at hand, particularly in Latin America.

“Jerusalem is our capital. Always was, always will be... I do appreciate the fact that a growing number of countries refused to participate in this theater of the absurd."

“The United States will remember this day, when the U.S. is again asked to make the largest contribution to the UN. And the U.S. will remember when other countries come to the United States for help.”

"They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us... Well, we're watching those votes."

“The president of the United States took a brave and unprecedented step that none of his predecessors were willing to take and we must honor him for it."

Abbas is in a fury due to the failure of the UN Security Council to pass a resolution forcing the US to rescind its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

“We here rise up to state together and in a clear unambiguous manner that Al Quds (Jerusalem) has been, will be eternally the capital of the state of Palestine."

Protesting recognition of Jerusalem, Christmas celebrations were cancelled in the Israeli Arab city.

The Palestinian Authority leader is already making promises about a city he has yet to enter freely.

Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem would "shatter the Palestinian fantasy that Jerusalem isn’t the capital of Israel."

Jerusalem: The historic and spiritual capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.