Norway updates policy on Israel, Jerusalem and Palestinian state

A pro-Israel NGO says it convinced Oslo to change its recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and clarify that it doesn’t recognize a Palestinian state.

BY MIKE WAGENHEIM

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(May 3, 2023 / JNS) The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs conceded last November to the pro-Israel NGO With Israel for Peace (Med Israel for fred, or MIFF) that capital cities are not subject to recognition by other countries.

At some point following a March 7 letter from MIFF, Norway changed its website to note that it recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and does not recognize a Palestinian state.

Israel slams Australia for revoking Jerusalem capital recognition, envoy summoned

The Australian government cited its belief that the status of Jerusalem should be resolved through peace negotiations.

By LAHAV HARKOV

The national flags of Australia and Israel are seen outside the building housing the Australian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel October 16, 2018.     (photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)

Israel slammed Australia on Tuesday and summoned its ambassador for a reprimand after Canberra revoked its recognition of western Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who also serves as foreign minister, called the decision “a hasty response to an incorrect report in the media” and expressed “hope that the Australian government manages other matters more seriously and professionally.”

In book, Kushner says Netanyahu was unenthusiastic on Jerusalem recognition

In upcoming memoir, former US President’s son-in-law said to claim Trump considered nixing the move given the PM’s cool response.

By MICHAEL HOROVITZ

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak at a press conference at the prime minister's Jerusalem residence on December 21, 2020. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and senior advisor to former US president Donald Trump, reveals in an upcoming book that when Trump decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy there in 2017, then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reaction was decidedly tepid.

The book, “Breaking History: A White House Memoir,” is set to be published on August 23 but was posted on a Saudi website earlier this week and reveals Netanyahu’s cool response almost sabotaged the plan.

Do Palestinians prefer united Jerusalem under Israeli rule? - opinion

There is much debate over the existence and route of the Jerusalem Day flag march which is planned to go through Damascus Gate.

By MARK REGEV

MOTTA GUR (right), the paratroop commander during the 1967 war, and Yitzhak Rabin (second from right), who had been IDF chied of staff, visit the Lions Gate in 1992 to mark the war's 25th anniversary where Israeli troops had entered the Old City. (photo credit: FLASH90)

The fault lines over this Sunday’s Jerusalem Day celebrations are often depicted in simplistic terms: Thousands of kippa-clad Israelis take part in the annual parade to mark the anniversary of the reunification of the city in the Six Day War of June 1967, while keffiyeh-sporting Palestinians demonstrate their opposition to Israeli rule over al-Quds. But the realities are far more nuanced.

Parlamentarios de todo el mundo firman declaración de apoyo a Jerusalén

Enlace Judío.- Miembros de parlamentos de todo el mundo recorrieron Jerusalén, Psagot y Atarot el domingo y firmaron una declaración que apoya la soberanía y la construcción en toda Jerusalén, la capital unida del estado de Israel, informó Israel National News.

El domingo fue el primer día de la Conferencia de Presidentes de la Fundación Aliados de Israel (IAF, por sus siglas en inglés). Es la conferencia política más grande en Israel desde que comenzó la pandemia de COVID-19.

El domingo, los miembros del parlamento recorrieron Jerusalén, incluido el Muro Occidental y la Ciudad de David, y continuaron hasta Psagot y de allí hasta Atarot, donde firmaron una declaración que dice: “Apoyamos el derecho soberano del Estado de Israel a construir en su capital indivisible de Jerusalén“.

La ONU desea que las referencias a Jerusalén como capital sean eliminadas de la exhibición de la Knesset

El informe argumenta que la petición israelí de mostrar en la sede de las Naciones Unidas se condicionó a la eliminación de elementos para «ayudar a prevenir contradicciones con el derecho internacional».

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La ONU influyó en el pedido de Israel de una exhibición sobre la Knesset en la sede las Naciones Unidas a la eliminación de contenidos. Entre estos, están las referencias a Jerusalén como la capital del país.

La exhibición se tituló “La Knesset celebra 70: el parlamento da forma a la sociedad israelí”. Y se exhibió previamente en el aeropuerto Ben Gurion en 2019.

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Ucrania reconocerá a Jerusalén como capital de Israel y abrirá allí una embajada

La oficina diplomática ucraniana en la ciudad santa promoverá las relaciones comerciales y los vínculos tecnológicos.

Volodymyr Zelensky Foto: Presidencia de Ucrania – Foto CC BY 4.0 vía Wikimedia Commons

El embajador de Ucrania en Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, manifestó que su país podría reconocer muy pronto a Jerusalén como la capital de Israel, y que una rama de su embajada en la ciudad santa podría abrirse en los próximos meses.

“Mi país reconoce una única capital de Israel, y esa es Jerusalén”, apuntó Korniychuk durante un evento realizado para celebrar los 30 años de relaciones

Palestinian consulate pressure, differences on Iran loom over Bennett-Biden meeting

While White House officials may understand that advancing the peace process now would be counterproductive, Dore Gold noted that “there is always a cottage industry of so-called experts who have proposals they want their bosses to advance when an Israeli prime minister comes to town.”

BY ISRAEL KASNETT

Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett holds a presss conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on August 18, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

(August 20, 2021 / JNS) On Aug. 26, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will walk the red carpet into the White House, where he will meet U.S. President Joe Biden. The two will exchange pleasantries and then they will get right down to business. One major issue the two leaders will discuss is, not surprisingly, Iran. Another major issue is the establishment of a Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem. And therein lies the problem.

Top evangelical leader warns: Israel could lose our support if Netanyahu ousted

Mike Evans says his 77 million followers will ‘go into the opposition’ with Netanyahu; decries coalition that seeks to replace PM as anti-Zionists who’ll surrender to radical Islam.

By TOI STAFF

US evangelical leader Mike Evans speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem on June 7, 2021 (Screen capture/YouTube)

A prominent US evangelical Christian leader warned Monday that Israel could lose the support of his 77 million followers if the Knesset confirms the so-called “change government” and ousts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Honduras becomes 4th country to open embassy in Jerusalem

In his first meeting with a foreign leader since becoming PM, Bennett thanks visiting President Hernández for ‘having done a brave and justified deed for the State of Israel’.

By AMY SPIRO

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) and Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández inaugurate the new Honduran embassy in Jerusalem, June 24, 2021. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Honduras officially moved its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and visiting Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández.

“Mr. President, you are a true friend of Israel,” Bennett told Hernández shortly

Bennett-Erekat debate with Christian Amanpour on CNN

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Bennett on CNN: 'How dare anyone call the Land of Israel occupied territories?'

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The World Should Recognise Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital

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Informe: Hamás dice a Egipto que no busca una escalada con Israel

Globos incendiarios lanzados de Gaza provocan una decena de incendios en el sur israelí. Las FDI despliegan el escudo antimisiles Cúpula de Hierro cerca de Jerusalén.

Marcha de las Banderas en Jerusalen en 2010 - Foto archivo: Zivya Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Los grupos terroristas Hamás y Jihad Islámica Palestina le transmitieron a Egipto que no tienen intenciones de escalar la violencia hacia una confrontación con Israel en respuesta a la llamada “Marcha de las Banderas” en la Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén, de acuerdo con un reporte del canal saudita Al Arabiya.

Former Ambassador David Friedman: ‘Trump administration would have given Israel free reign to defend itself’

He tells JNS: “Opening another consulate or mission for Palestinians in Jerusalem would violate the Jerusalem Embassy Act.”

BY ALEX TRAIMAN

(May 27, 2021 / Jerusalem / JNS) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was dispatched to Israel by U.S. President Joe Biden this week in the direct aftermath of an acute conflagration highlighted by 11 days of indiscriminate rocket attacks by Hamas on Israeli population centers and pinpoint Israeli airstrikes on Hamas installations in Gaza in retaliation.

Blinken attempted to apply significant pressure on Israel behind closed doors in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while diplomatic relations

How CUFI has awakened the ‘sleeping giant’ of Christian Zionism

Reflecting on the organization’s 15th anniversary, Pastor John Hagee says that “the most significant achievement was bringing together millions of people from many backgrounds and denominations across America in support of one single cause—Israel and the Jewish people.”

BY SEAN SAVAGE

(March 9, 2021 / JNS) This year, Christians United for Israel, one of the most powerful voices for Israel in the United States, marked its 15th anniversary.

“We could never have imagined CUFI would achieve so much, so quickly. But God has blessed us because we are fulfilling our biblical mandate to stand with Israel and His Chosen people,” Pastor John Hagee, founder and chairman of CUFI, told JNS. “This said, I noted when we launched CUFI that there was a sleeping giant of Christian Zionism in this country. That giant has now been awakened. When

Joe Biden is the ‘Jewish’ president Israel needs

Israelis can count on the US president to have their country’s most significant interests at heart, even if it comes with a dose of tough love.

Then US Vice President Joe Biden on his way to speak to the press at the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Debbie Hill, Pool)

When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, his familiarity with the African American community prompted some to fondly call him the “first Black president.”

According to that logic, Joe Biden can surely be considered America’s “first Jewish president.” U.S. presidents have long had close personal ties to Jews, from Harry Truman’s haberdashery partner all the way to the sons-in-law of Clinton and Donald

The Truth About Jerusalem

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Por qué Jerusalén es clave en el conflicto entre israelíes y palestinos | BBC Mundo

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