Posts Tagged: us embassy israel
US Senate Maintains Embassy in Jerusalem in Near-Unanimous Stimulus Package Amendment
The US Senate approved an amendment to Friday's COVID-19 relief package that pledges to keep the US Embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, reaffirming the 2018...
Biden Affirms He Won’t Move Embassy Back to Tel Aviv
JNS.org - Former US Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, reiterated on Wednesday that if elected in November, he would keep...
Democratic Candidate Klobuchar Won’t ‘Move US Embassy Back to Tel Aviv’
JNS.org - Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar became the second Democratic candidate for president in 2020 to pledge that, if elected, the US embassy in Israel...
Palestinian Leader Calls for Boycotting Merged US Embassy in Jerusalem
JNS.org - Palestinian leader Saeb Erekat called for boycotting the updated US embassy in Israel, which officially absorbed the US Consulate General earlier this week. Erekat said on Thursday...
Israel and the US Stand Side-by-Side
JNS.org - Ever since Israel and the United States struck a strategic alliance at the end of the 1960s, the world has seen that alliance...
Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem Has Not Led to an Uptick in Violence
Some people have claimed that President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and move the US embassy there, has increased violence and instability in...
The US Embassy Move Reflects the New Middle East
When Iranian Quds forces fired missiles at Israeli targets on the Golan Heights recently and Israel responded by decimating significant parts of Iran’s military infrastructure inside Syria,...
Moving the US Embassy Will Benefit the Whole Middle East
The Middle East has always been a place of universal truths. The first and most prominent is the belief that resolving the conflict between Israelis...
Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem: Righting a Diplomatic Wrong
Jerusalem has been the capital of the state of Israel since 1949. Most countries, however, including the US, chose not to recognize this fact and located...
US Embassy Road Signs Go Up in Jerusalem
US embassy road signs went up in Jerusalem on Monday ahead of next week's opening of the mission in accordance with President Donald Trump's recognition...
Former Israeli and US Diplomats Express Caution, Hope on Embassy Move
JNS.org - After much speculation, the United States announced on February 23 that it will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May. US State Department...
Trump Denies US Embassy to Be Moved to Jerusalem Within a Year
President Donald Trump denied on Wednesday that the planned relocation of the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would take place within a year, after...
Netanyahu Predicts US Embassy Will Move to Jerusalem Within a Year
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during an address in India on Tuesday he expected the American embassy that is currently in Tel Aviv...
Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration Was Long Overdue
President Trump's announcement on Wednesday that the United States would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital was both correct and prudent from America's perspective. Much more remains...
