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Why these supporters of a new US Embassy in Jerusalem think Sheldon Adelson shouldn’t pay for it

The optics of a rich donor paying the U.S. government for the embassy, they said, makes the move look less like a principled policy than a personal favor.

One of Christianity’s holiest sites closes to protest a new Israeli tax plan

Following the closing of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, a Knesset committee postponed discussion of a controversial bill.

Netanyahu thanks Trump for fast embassy move

The Palestinian Authority in a statement called the announcement of the imminent move of the embassy to Jerusalem an “aggression” and “offensive to the feelings of Arabs and Muslims.”