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Donald Trump has confirmed how little he understands the Middle East with his Jerusalem willpower

Perhaps appropriately, the first heavy rain after weeks of sunshine was splashing off the paving stones outside bookseller Imad Muna’s news and stationery shop in Saladin, the busy main shopping street of Arab East Jerusalem.  Inside, the proprietor, his 27-year-old son Ahmad, and a 70-year-old customer Adnan Abdel Razeq were holding a well-informed debate on…

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Donald Trump recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Updated December 07, 2017 09:16:02 Video: Donald Trump says the move is « in the best interests of America, and peace in the Middle East ». (ABC News) US President Donald Trump has been accused of dealing a « death sentence » to the Middle East peace process by recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Key points: Donald Trump says…

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Who’re the fortunate People?

The last time Carvell Wallace visited McKeesport, Pennsylvania, where he grew up, Bill Clinton was president, people used fax machines, and you still printed out driving directions from MapQuest. During his visit, Wallace saw that his once-thriving hometown had been hollowed out, like many other Rust Belt towns, by the disappearance of manufacturing jobs. It…

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Mahmoud Abbas lambasts Trump’s resolution on Jerusalem

Mahmoud Abbas has lambasted the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying the Palestinian leadership refuses to acknowledge President Donald Trump’s contentious move. Calling Jerusalem the « eternal capital of the State of Palestine », the president of the Palestinian Authority said on Wednesday the US could no longer be a mediator in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.…

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Trump ignores warnings with ‘reckless Jerusalem switch’

President Donald Trump has announced that the US formally recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will begin the process of moving its embassy to the city, breaking with decades of US policy. In a much anticipated speech in Washington on Wednesday, Trump reversed decades of US policy in defiance of warnings from around…

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Trump: Executive shutdown ‘would possibly maybe presumably occur’ Saturday

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that a government shutdown « could happen » as soon as Saturday. « It could happen, » Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, in response to a reporter’s question about the Friday deadline for a spending bill to fund the government. « The Democrats are really looking at something that…

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Al Jazeera readers reply to Trump’s Jerusalem transfer

US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday and began steps to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the Holy City saying the move is « long overdue ».  US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has caused protests and condemnation from world leaders from Tehran to Berlin.   Al Jazeera…

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Trump and Jerusalem: a suitable and historical appraisal

US President Donald Trump has said it is time to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The decision comes seven decades after the Declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel, that was unilaterally announced on 14 May 1948 by David Ben-Gurion. At the time, no borders were settled for the new state. It…

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Schalke’s Goretzka out with recurrence of leg injury

Leon Goretzka is set for another spell on the sidelines after Bundesliga surprise package Schalke confirmed the midfielder will undergo tests on a leg injury. Goretzka, a reported target for Bayern Munich, Juventus and Barcelona, has featured twice for Domenico Tedesco’s side after recovering from a stress fracture sustained last month. But the Germany international, who starred…