Egypt condemns Israeli minister’s storming of Al Aqsa Mosque
Egypt has strongly condemned the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir…
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Gaza-Egypt border zone should belong to Israel – Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Saturday that Israel should control the border zone between the…
Israel’s atrocities in Palestine surpass genocidal war – Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Israeli aggression on Palestinian lands surpasses a genocidal war…
Israel fires teargas on Palestinians in Aqsa
The Israeli soldiers fired teargas on Palestinians in the West Bank to prevent them from reaching al-Aqsa mosque…
Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem
Israeli troops shot dead dozens of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border on Monday when the high-profile…
U.S. ready to open Jerusalem embassy in May: State Department
The United States said on Friday it will open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in May, a move from Tel Aviv that…
Turkish president heads to Italy to discuss Jerusalem with pope
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan flew to Italy on Sunday ahead of talks with Pope Francis that are expected to…
U.S. Embassy in Israel to move to Jerusalem by end of 2019: Pence
The U.S. Embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in a…
Jordan’s king tells Pence U.S. must rebuild trust after Jerusalem decision
Jordan’s King Abdullah told U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday he looked to Washington to rebuild “trust and…
Trump denies U.S. embassy to be moved to Jerusalem in a year
President Donald Trump denied on Wednesday that the planned relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem…
Egypt’s Azhar holds international conference in support of Jerusalem Wednesday
Egypt's Al-Azhar, the world's foremost institution of Sunni Islamic learning, is holding an international…
Arab League to hold meeting on Jerusalem next month
The Arab League will meet on Feb. 1 to discuss how to counter U.S. President Donald Trump’s move last month to…
Jerusalem should be shared capital, UK’s Johnson says
Jerusalem should ultimately be the shared capital of Israeli and Palestinian states, British foreign minister…
UN vote on Trump’s Jerusalem decision positive sign for Palestinians, Egypt says
The Egyptian presidency said that the recent overwhelming vote in the UN General Assembly against the decision by…
UN Assembly, defying Trump, rejects US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
A United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the U.S. to withdraw its decision to recognize Jerusalem…
Arab states believe U.S. aid secure despite defying Trump Jerusalem move
Leading Arab allies threatened with cuts in aid by Donald Trump said on Friday they had no choice but to defy the…
Egypt’s grand mufti, Al-Azhar hail UNGA rejection of Trump’s Jerusalem move
Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawki Allam hailed on Friday a historic United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on…
US president threatens to cut aid to UN members over Jerusalem vote
US President Donald Trump threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft United…
After U.S. veto, U.N. General Assembly to meet on Jerusalem status
The 193-member United Nations General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the…
Egypt expresses regret over failure to pass UN resolution on US Jerusalem decision
Egypt has expressed regret over failure to pass a UN Security Council resolution condemning the US president’s…
U.N. council mulls call for U.S. Jerusalem decision to be withdrawn
The United Nations Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would insist any decisions on the…
Turkey says world must recognise East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
Muslim nations must press the world to recognise East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state, Turkey said…
Shoukry to lead Egypt’s delegation in urgent Jerusalem OIC meeting in Turkey
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will head to Istanbul on Tuesday to lead the Egyptian delegation in the…
Macron Calls Trump’s Jerusalem Decision a ‘Danger to Peace’
President Emmanuel Macron said he doesn’t intend to immediately revive past French Middle East peace initiatives,…
Palestinian stabs Israeli in Jerusalem; anti-Trump protest flares in Beirut
A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli security guard at Jerusalem’s main bus station on Sunday, police said, and…
Sisi did his best to suspend Trump decision over Jerusalem: Foreign Affairs Minister
Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shoukry asserted on Saturday that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi did his…
Arab states urge U.S. to abandon Jerusalem decision
Arab foreign ministers urged the United States to abandon its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital,…
Two Palestinian dead in ‘Day of Rage’ over Jerusalem descion
At least two people were killed in clashes with Israeli troops on Friday when thousands of Palestinians…
Head of Egypt’s Azhar cancels meeting with US vice president over Jerusalem decision
The head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Ahmed El-Tayyeb, has cancelled a planned meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence…
Hundreds protest in Cairo, Alexandria against Trump’s Jerusalem declaration
Hundreds of Egyptians demonstrated on Friday in the capital Cairo and the Mediterranean city of Alexandria against…
Turkey’s Erdogan says Trump’s decision on Jerusalem disregards United Nations
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday the United States’ decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s…
Iraq demands that U.S backtrack about Jerusalem
Iraq demanded that the U.S. government backtrack on a decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital to avoid…
White House officials: Jerusalem recognition could hurt peace process
President Donald Trump's decision Wednesday to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital could temporarily derail…
Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, risks violence repercussions
President Donald Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,…
Legal status of Jerusalem should be maintained, Sisi tells Trump in phone call
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi emphasised Egypt's "firm position" that Jerusalem should maintain its…
U.S Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital today
U.S President Donald Trump will announce on Wednesday that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital…
Egypt warns against US moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Egypt’s permanent representative at the Arab League Yasser El-Atawi warned against undertaking any unilateral…
Trump delays announcement on whether U.S. embassy to be moved to Jerusalem
President Donald Trump will not announce a decision on Monday on whether he will again delay moving the U.S.…
Jordan warns US against recognizing Jerusalem as Israel capital
Jordan's foreign minister has warned the US of "dangerous consequences" if it recognises Jerusalem as the capital…
Trump not yet made a decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital: Kushner
U.S. President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on whether to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s…