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Donald John Trump Romney denounces pastor slated to speak at US embassy in Jerusalem Pentagon finds problems with Kushner-backed health program: report Apple CEO Tim Cook praises Parkland, 'Me Too' activists in commencement speech MORE and his top aides celebrated the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday amid deadly clashes along the Israel-Palestine border, casting a cloud over what was supposed to be a celebratory occasion for the Jewish state. "While presidents before him have backed down from their pledge to move the American Embassy once they were in office, this president delivered.
Violence is intensifying in Gaza as the United States opens its new embassy in Jerusalem, a convergence of current politics and long-simmering tensions in the region. Israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators, killing dozens and wounding hundreds more, Palestinian officials said.
By Javier Solana With the decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action US President Donald Trump's administration has demonstrated, yet again, that it is determined to destroy major global structures and agreements. The decision will be a massive blow to the 2015 deal, putting the entire world at risk.
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers celebrating the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday praised President Trump's "courageous decision" to recognize the city as Israel's capital, saying it will promote stability even if many in the Mideast are angered by the development. "This is providing the legitimacy of the State of Israel," Rep. Joe Wilson, who's heading a group of 12 Republican members of the House that will attend the embassy's official dedication Monday, told The Washington Times in a telephone interview from Jerusalem.
The opening ceremony is at a U.S. consular building in the Arnona neighborhood. It will house an interim embassy for the ambassador and a small staff until a larger site is found.
Witnesses say Israeli drones have dropped incendiary materials, setting ablaze tires that had been collected for use in a planned Gaza border protest. In weekly protests since March, Gaza activists have been using the thick smoke from burning tires as a cover against Israeli snipers on the other side of the fence.
A new road sign indicating the way to the new US embassy in Jerusalem is seen on May 7, 2018. Over 21 years after the United States Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act calling to move the US mission from Tel Aviv, America on Monday will turn its Jerusalem consulate into its official embassy, fulfilling a campaign promise made by US President Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 election.
Israel turns 70 years old Monday, and an "embassy" sign will be put on an American government building in West Jerusalem to celebrate the occasion. But that will not make Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
With Donald Trump's decision to shred the Iran nuclear agreement, announced last Tuesday, it's time for the rest of us to start thinking about what a Third Gulf War would mean. The answer, based on the last 16 years of American experience in the Greater Middle East, is that it won't be pretty.
A worker hangs a road sign directing to the US embassy, in the area of the US consulate in Jerusalem, May 7, 2018. . When US President Donald Trump vowed during his election campaign to put 'America First,' many commentators mocked him for what was a very reasonable policy.
When Donald Trump took the presidential oath of office 16 months ago, he promised 'the hour of action' had arrived. For all his many faults and foibles, no one could accuse the property tycoon of failing to live up to this pledge.
Thousa... Teachers hoping to sustain their momentum from spring protests face an early test in Kentucky as scores of educators are running for seats in the state legislature. . File-This Feb. 25, 2018, file photo shows Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin speaking during the panel Caring for our Veterans at the National Governor Association 2018 winter meeting in Washington.
The way President Donald Trump sees it, why go for a solid single when you can swing for a home run? Trump's upcoming summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un is only the latest example of the president's go-big strategy. From tax reform to international trade to foreign policy, Trump has pursued a high-risk, high-reward approach that advisers say can help produce results on long-standing problems - and that critics warn could trigger dangerous repercussions all the way from a trade war to global conflict.
At the start of his cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Donald Trump discussed his announcement Tuesday afternoon that he is removing the US from the his predecessor Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran and reinstating the nuclear sanctions that were suspended with the deal's implementation in January 2016. European and other international leaders responded angrily to Trump's move.
Devastating moment Israeli missile obliterates Iranian rocket launcher and nearby soldiers in Syria as Netanyahu tells Tehran they 'crossed a red line' when they shelled the Golan Heights 'Lying, negligent' nurse is charged in death of ex-national security adviser H.R. McMaster's father at Philadelphia senior care facility in shocking abuse case Mother, 43, admits letting her blind, autistic son die in a field in his underwear, but could serve just 120 days behind bars after murder charge was dropped 'I think it's time to wrap it up': Pence tells Mueller he's had a year to run his Russia probe but won't say it's a 'hoax' Now Avenatti obtains Michael Cohen's EMAILS and posts one showing how he still identified as Trump's lawyer in April - despite Giuliani saying he no longer represented the President Rudy Giuliani leaves his law firm permanently to fight for Trump - the day after ... (more)
Devastating moment Israeli missile obliterates Iranian rocket launcher and nearby soldiers in Syria as Netanyahu tells Tehran they 'crossed a red line' when they shelled the Golan Heights 'Lying, negligent' nurse is charged in death of ex-national security adviser H.R. McMaster's father at Philadelphia senior care facility in shocking abuse case Mother, 43, admits letting her blind, autistic son die in a field in his underwear, but could serve just 120 days behind bars after murder charge was dropped 'I think it's time to wrap it up': Pence tells Mueller he's had a year to run his Russia probe but won't say it's a 'hoax' Now Avenatti obtains Michael Cohen's EMAILS and posts one showing how he still identified as Trump's lawyer in April - despite Giuliani saying he no longer represented the President Rudy Giuliani leaves his law firm permanently to fight for Trump - the day after ... (more)
Striking workers shut down Israel's two main ports, leaving dozens of cargo ships stranded on Thursday in protest against the creation of competing foreign-run docks. At least 17 ships were waiting to unload at Ashdod port, with another 14 lined up to come in.
Iranian fighters based in Syria fired about 20 rockets at Israeli army positions in the occupied Golan Heights early Thursday morning, local time, according to an Israel Defense Forces spokesman. "Some" of the incoming rockets were intercepted, and damage on the Israeli side was minimal, Lt.
Iran's president has warned the country could start enriching uranium more than ever in the coming weeks, if negotiations fail with countries remaining in the nuclear deal. President Hassan Rouhani made the statement immediately after Donald Trump said he was pulling the US out of the deal.
President Donald Trump delivered a statement from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., saying the U.S. is withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. While the multilateral pact was imperfect, it prevented Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.