Obama Jerusalem

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  Donald Trump Says Would Recognise Jerusalem As Israeli Capital

  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that if voted to power he would recognise Jerusalem as "one true" capital of Israel.

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  Barack Obama To Attend Shimon Peres Funeral In Jerusalem

  US President Barack Obama will join other world leaders in attending the funeral of Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, the White House said Wednesday.

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  Barack Obama To Attend Shimon Peres Funeral In Jerusalem

  US President Barack Obama will join other world leaders in attending the funeral of Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, the White House said Wednesday.

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  Barack Obama 'Very Concerned' by Outbreak of Mideast Violence

  US President Barack Obama expressed concern Friday about the outbreak of violence centered in Jerusalem and called on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to tamp down inflammatory rhetoric.

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  Benjamin Netanyahu Defiant in Face of Isolation After Iran Deal

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a major defeat in failing to stop a nuclear deal with Iran but he remains as defiant as ever even at the risk of further isolation.

• Gaza Toll Hits 100 as Truce Efforts Waver

  Israel's bombardment of Gaza claimed its 100th Palestinian life on Friday as Hamas pounded central Israel with rockets, and Washington offered help brokering a truce.

• Israel Police Won't Let Extremists Spoil Pope Visit

  Israel's top police officer on Sunday vowed that Jewish extremists would not be allowed to spoil the upcoming visit of Pope Francis by vandalising Christian holy places.

• Amid Ukraine crisis, Obama to meet Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Mideast peace

  President Barack Obama takes a break from the Ukraine crisis to hold potentially difficult talks on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on U.S. efforts to keep Middle East peace negotiations alive.

• Joe Biden to meet Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu during visit for Ariel Sharon funeral

  Vice President Joe Biden will hold talks with Israeli leaders during a visit to the Jewish state as head of a U.S. delegation to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's funeral on Monday

• Israel lawmakers appeal to Barack Obama for spy's release

  Israeli MPs on Wednesday handed President Shimon Peres a petition urging the United States to release imprisoned Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, after reports Washington spied on its own allies.

• No military solution for conflict in Syria: PM Manmohan Singh tells UN General Assembly

  India strongly pitched for a political settlement to the Syrian crisis, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying there is no military solution to the lethal conflict that threatens regional stability.

• Israel deploys Iron Dome system near Jerusalem

  Israel deployed its Iron Dome missile defence system near Jerusalem Sunday, an AFP correspondent said, as the United States lobbied for domestic and international support for military strikes against Syria.

• As Barack Obama blinks on Syria, Israel, Saudis make common cause

  If President Barack Obama has disappointed Syrian rebels by deferring to Congress before bombing Damascus, he has also dismayed the United States' two main allies in the Middle East.

• US Secretary of State John Kerry pushes effort to restart peace talks in Middle East

  US Secretary of State John Kerry made a last-minute push on Sunday to revive Middle East peace talks as Israeli media said that days of exhaustive shuttle diplomacy had failed to break the deadlock.

• US believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria: reports

  The United States believes Israel has conducted an airstrike into Syria, CNN reported on Friday, citing two unnamed US officials.