Jerusalem

About one week after his rejection of the Trump declaration, Rick Jacobs had a change of heart, perhaps because of the raging attack on him by his biggest ally in the war over the Kotel real estate, Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky.

Both of the US north American neighbors, Canada and Mexico, abstained, so they get to come party.

"This vote will make a difference on how Americans look at the UN and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the UN."

Oren also suggested the United States close the PLO mission in Washington DC in response to the vicious anti-American campaign waged by the Palestinian Authority's leading Fatah faction.

The resolution, "expressing in this regard its deep regret at recent decisions concerning the status of Jerusalem... calls upon all States to refrain from the establishment of diplomatic missions in the Holy City of Jerusalem..."

“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."

"If this body were really united for peace, it would pass a resolution condemning Palestinian violence.”

America will put our embassy in Jerusalem. That is what the American people want us to do, and it is the right thing to do. No vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that.

UN General Assembly vote on the issue of Jerusalem.

Local residents blocked the entrances to the Arab village of Tuqu’a, (located down the road from the Jewish community of the same name, Tekoa), and the Arab village of Kharmala.

But some Diaspora Jewish groups, particularly in North America, say ... they have no intention of lobbying on behalf of the Netanyahu government.

"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 will be watching this vote carefully and has requested I report back on those who voted against us."

One diplomat told Bloomberg that his country’s UN mission was told that its vote on the resolution would be taken “personally” by Haley.

“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."

"Our goal was to motivate WBA members and Jews around the world to utilize their inner light to illuminate any place in the world where they see darkness..."

Hoenlein was honored for his work in strengthening ties between Jews in the Diaspora and Israel.

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 focus on educating about nature and sustainability in a way that compliments the lifestyle of the community."

Service was suspended in both directions at the Mt. Herzl Light Rail train stop.

"For decades, Israel has withstood wave after wave of bias in the UN and its agencies."

"On Hanukkah, you spoke like a Maccabi. You lit a candle of truth. You dispel the darkness. One defeated the many. Truth defeated lies. Thank you, President Trump."

“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."

The attack was not classified as an act of terror, but Gabon police arrested dozens of people who had been at the market place where the attack had taken place.

The terrorist stabbed the guard in the heart in the attack.

"For three thousand years, Jerusalem has been the political capital and spiritual center of the Jewish People."

The resolution ... "calls upon all States to refrain from the establishment of diplomatic missions in the Holy City of Jerusalem..."

"It belongs to the Arabs, belongs to the Hashemites, it belongs to King Abdullah, it belongs to us. It is not yours to give. Hands off, please, from our territory.”

“We as Arabs have to recognize that Jerusalem is a Jewish religious symbol as sacred to Jews as Mecca and Medina is sacred to Muslims.”

"We call for angry protests at the entrances to Jerusalem and in its Old City to coincide with the visit on Wednesday of US Vice President Mike Pence."