The UN General Assembly has decisively backed a resolution effectively calling on the U.S. to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, according to BBC.
The United States has vetoed a draft UN resolution rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, after all 14 other Security Council members backed the measure, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
The EU's foreign policy chief says there is "full EU unity" in support of Jerusalem becoming the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state, the BBC reports.
Members of the Knesset have called on Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move Ukraine's embassy there, according to the Honorary Consulate of the State of Israel in the Western region of Ukraine.
At least two people were killed in clashes with Israeli troops on Friday when thousands of Palestinians demonstrated against U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the Palestinian president said Washington could no longer be a peace broker, according to Reuters.
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday at the request of eight states on the 15-member body over U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, diplomats said on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
President Trump on Wednesday formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing nearly seven decades of American foreign policy and setting in motion a plan to move the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to the fiercely contested Holy City, the New York Times reports.