President Donald Trump informs Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other Arab leaders by phone that he intends to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a holy city whose Israeli-annexed eastern sector the Palestinians seek as a future capital. CBC | World News
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Declaring Jerusalem capital would threaten peace process: Mahmoud Abbas
Trump may be poised to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Sunday that American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would jeopardize the White House’s Mideast peace efforts. CBC | World News
Read More »Palestinians, 50-year residents of East Jerusalem home, evicted by court order
Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family from a home in east Jerusalem on Tuesday to make way for new Jewish tenants who claimed ownership, under a law allowing Jewish people to reclaim former homes or repurchase them. CBC | World News
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