The Catholic church’s top official in Jerusalem on Wednesday criticised Donald Trump’s controversial recognition of the city as Israel’s capital, saying it damaged Christmas celebrations and led to hundreds cancelling trips. Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, an apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, said “dozens” of groups had pulled out of planned visits after being […]
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After US veto, UN assembly to vote on Jerusalem resolution
The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency session Thursday to vote on a draft resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital after the United States vetoed the measure at the Security Council. Turkey and Yemen requested the urgent meeting of the 193-nation assembly on behalf of the Arab group […]
JI holds rally to express solidarity with Palestinians
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Siraj-ul-Haq took out a rally to express solidarity with Palestinians and protest against United States President Donald Trump’ s recent decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The “Al-Quds million march” rally was led by the JI chief, which started from University Road and culminated at Hasan Square. The JI chief […]
Erdogan hopes Turkey to soon open ’embassy to Palestine in Jerusalem’
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hope on Sunday that Turkey would soon be able to open an embassy to a Palestinian state in East Jerusalem, as he again denounced Donald Trump’s recognition of the city as the Israeli capital. Erdogan has sought to lead Islamic condemnation of his US counterpart’s move, calling a summit of […]
Erdogan urges recognition of Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday urged the world to recognise occupied East Jerusalem as the “capital of Palestine”, as Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas warned there could be no peace in the Middle East until such a move was made. Erdogan opened in Istanbul an emergency summit of the world’s main pan-Islamic body the […]
Trump’s Jerusalem declaration to undermine US role as honest peace broker: Khawaja Asif
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi landed in Turkey on Tuesday to attend the special summit on Al-Quds Al-Sharif (Jerusalem), accompanied by Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Premier Abbasi is leading the Pakistani delegation at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit which has begun Today ( Wednesday) and the summit […]
Fifth day of protests in Middle East over Trump’s Jerusalem move
A fifth day of angry protests was expected in the Middle East on Monday over US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, as Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas visited Cairo for crisis talks. As near universal criticism of Trump’s decision mounted, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with EU foreign ministers in […]
Netanyahu says he expects Europe to follow US on Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he expected Europe to follow the US in recognising Jerusalem as the Jewish state’s capital, but the EU’s diplomatic chief said there was no change to its stance on the holy city. Netanyahu said the controversial announcement by US President Donald Trump — which prompted diplomatic alarm and […]