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US no longer honest peace mediator: Palestinian president

Date: 2017-12-22 12:42:06 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7153754

PARIS, Dec 22 (MENA) – The US is no longer an honest broker in the Middle East peace process after President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced plans to move the US embassy to it, Palestinian ....

Egypt's mufti hails UN resolution on Jerusalem

Date: 2017-12-22 10:57:02 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7153596

CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) - Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam hailed a resolution that has been approved by the UN General Assembly late Thursday rejecting US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, that was voted by 128 ....

Malaysian PM leads protest in solidarity with Palestinians

Date: 2017-12-22 10:55:28 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7153595

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 (MENA) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak led thousands of Muslims in a rally Friday to show solidarity with Palestinians, slamming the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, ABC News reported. Razak told ....

Macron receives Palestinian President in Paris

Date: 2017-12-22 08:48:33 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:7153482

PARIS, Dec 22 (MENA) - President Emmanuel Macron on Friday held a session of talks here with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The meeting took up the recent developments in light of a decision by US President Donald Trump recognizing Al Quds ....

UN vote against Trump's decision on Jerusalem highlights int'l isolation of US--The Guardian

Date: 2017-12-22 08:16:31 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7153318

LONDON, Dec 22 (MENA) - The United Nations body’s vote against US President Donald Trump's decision on Jerusalem highlighted for a second time in a week the international isolation of the United States over the Jerusalem issue, according to a report ....

Al Azhar hails UN resolution on Jerusalem

Date: 2017-12-22 07:44:58 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:7153281

CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) - Al Azhar welcomed and hailed a resolution that has been approved by the UN General Assembly late Thursday to reject decisions and measures aim to change the status of Jerusalem and its demographic composition, considering them ....

UN passes resolution against Trump's decision on Jerusalem

Date: 2017-12-21 17:45:24 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:7153008

NEW YORK, Dec 21 (MENA) - The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a measure rejecting the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which was repeatedly criticized as undermining the ....

Palestinian amb. in Paris warns of taking biased steps towards Israel

Date: 2017-12-21 16:38:45 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7152690

PARIS, Dec 21 (MENA) – Palestinian Ambassador to France Salman al Harfi on Thursday warned about taking biased steps towards Israel at the cost of the Palestinian people. Security and peace can not be achieved without reaching a just solution to ....

18 injuries in clashes with Israeli soldiers in Qalqilya

Date: 2017-12-21 16:33:04 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:7152828

RAMALLAH, Dec 21 (MENA) - Eighteen Palestinian youth were injured in clashes that erupted during a protest west of Qalqilya, said medical sources. According to Munther Nazal, head of the ambulance and emergency unit in Qalqilya, ambulance crews ....

Emergency UNGA session on Jerusalem kicks off 2 last New York

Date: 2017-12-21 16:31:18 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:7152780

Yemen's representative to the United Nations (UN) Khaled Alyemany expressed his sorrow that the US used the veto against the draft resolution submitted by Egypt in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on behalf of the Arab group. The draft ....