Jerusalem
Malawi to open Israel embassy in Jerusalem
Malawi has had diplomatic ties with the Jewish state since 1964 but without opening an embassy.
The driver "fled the scene" following the early morning attack at Jerusalem's First Station, an historic rail stop that now hosts bars, shops and restaurants, police spokesman Micky Rosenfled said.
Israel said around 50 rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave and its air defence systems intercepted dozens of them.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi reacts after the US says it may cut its funding for HIV treatment in SA by more than R5 billion.
Benjamin Netanyahu's office said later that he was misquoted and had not implicated all Poles or the Polish nation in the Holocaust.
Morrison said in October he was open to shifting Australia’s embassy from Tel Aviv.
Brazil exports $16 billion annually to the Middle East and Turkey, with just 3% going to Israel, according to government statistics.
Polls opened as scheduled at 7:00 am and were due to close at 10 pm; main results were not expected until Wednesday.
Mohammed Tamimi was left with a large defect after the bullet entered his face below his nose, broke his jaw and entered his skull.
The status of Jerusalem is one of the thorniest obstacles to a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel regards all of the city, including the eastern sector that it annexed after the 1967 Middle East war, as its capital.
The US opened its embassy in Jerusalem on 14 May, moving it from Tel Aviv, a move that reversed decades of US policy and delighted Israel.
Guatemala opened an embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, two days after the United States made the same move.
Monday’s bloodshed on the Israeli-Gaza border took place as the US opened its new embassy in Jerusalem.
Israeli troops fatally shot dozens of Palestinian demonstrators on the Gaza border on Monday as the US Embassy formally moved to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.
The bloodshed drew calls for restraint from some countries, including France and Britain, and stronger criticism from others, with regional power Turkey calling it 'a massacre'.
Angry protesters demonstrated at the frontier hours on the day the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem
Monday’s slated opening of the new embassy follows US President Donald Trump’s recognition in December of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a decision he said fulfilled decades of policy pledges in Washington and formalised realities on the ground.
President Donald Trump announced the move in December, dating back decades, to back Israel’s designation of Jerusalem as its capital.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians began a six-week-long protest last Friday in tent encampments set up along the fenced border of the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip.