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- Netherlands irks Israel by granting Palestinians right to list Gaza & West Bank as birthplace
Palestinians in the Netherlands will for the first time be able to list the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem as their place of birth, in part because of the Dutch policy that Israel has no sovereignty over those areas.Feb 10, 2019 21:05World News - ‘We expected more’: Israelis & Palestinians upset by Australia’s recognition of W. Jerusalem onlyPalestinian and Israeli officials were oddly united in expressing bitter disappointment in Australia’s ‘half-way’ decision to recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state, and the move also faced criticism at home.Dec 15, 2018 23:06World News
- Bolsonaro wants Brazil’s Israel embassy in Jerusalem, says Palestine needs to be a state to have oneBrazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has reaffirmed his commitment to move his country’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying no other country has the right to tell Israel where its capital should be.Nov 2, 2018 00:30World News
- Israel ‘abducts’ Palestinian governor of East Jerusalem & intel chief suspected of ‘kidnapping’Israel has confirmed detaining two senior Palestinian officials in charge of running Jerusalem’s affairs and suspected of aiding a kidnapping. The Palestinian leadership has condemned the detention as a “crime” and “abduction.”Oct 22, 2018 04:42World News
- Australia 'open-minded' to moving Israeli embassy to Jerusalem – PMAustralia might soon follow in controversial US footsteps and relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the country's new prime minister hinted after discussing the issue with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.Oct 16, 2018 03:14World News
- Kosovo offers Israel an embassy in Jerusalem in exchange for recognitionThe leader of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, has offered to place the embassy of his self-proclaimed state in Jerusalem, if Israel would recognize the renegade Serbian province as an independent country.Sep 22, 2018 00:22World News
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