US Embassy move to Jerusalem

Native American leaders seek to establish embassy in Jerusalem, strengthen ties with Israel

Inspired by the story of the Jewish people, the Riverwinds forge cultural ties between Native Americans and Israel.

Chief Joseph Riverwind and Dr. Laralyn Riverwind.
 A view of the Machon Lev campus in Jerusalem, home to a number of the capital’s top start-ups, including AI-company Flycomm.

On this day: in 1950: Jerusalem becomes the capital of Israel

 Donald Trump speaks during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022.

Donald Trump applauded by Orthodox Jewish education group

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh  in Ramallah. August 25, 2020

Shtayyeh urges US to scrap Jerusalem embassy plan


Palestinian minister suggests Arabs recall ambassadors in Washington

Maliki said Arab states had agreed at previous summit meetings that they would cut ties with any country that moves its embassy to Jerusalem.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki.

This week in 60 seconds: U.S. embassy moves to Jerusalem as Trump promised

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

Jerusalem Post News

A united Jerusalem? Would that it were so

Garbage dumped in the Old City

On Trump - Israeli Jews are from Mars, American Jews are from Venus

This poll was conducted on May 6-9, just before Monday’s US Embassy move and at the same time as Trump's announcement of the US withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Guatemala opens embassy in Jerusalem, two days after U.S.

"This is the beginning of something extraordinary," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales at the opening of the Guatamalan embassy in Jerusalem

Comment: Israel’s ‘hasbara’ plight

Hamas’s victory Monday in connecting the opening of the US Embassy with the violence in Gaza will likely be temporary, just as the residue of Operation Protective Edge eventually faded away.

Ivanka Trump at the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem (L), and a wounded Palestinian is evacuated during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip (R). May 14, 2018

Gaza storm

Now is the time for a new push regarding proposals for Gaza.

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border east of Gaza City May 14, 2018

May 16, 2018: Embassy moving day

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U.S. comedians mock Jerusalem embassy opening

Colbert: Instead of attending, Trump sent "Peace Treaty Barbie and Collusion Ken."

Senior White House Advisers Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump stand during the sounding of the U.S. national anthem at a reception held at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem ahead of the moving of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, May 13, 2018.

Christian supporters made the embassy move to Jerusalem possible

Pastor Robert Jeffress and Rabbi Rabbi Zalman Wolowik share the stage with U.S. Ambassador David Friedman at the openening ceremony for the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem