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Embassy move, Gaza crisis make for somber start to Palestinians’ Ramadan
By Paul O'Donnell — May 15, 2018
JERUSALEM (RNS) — This year, the first night of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, coincides with the 70th anniversary of Israel’s founding – what Palestinians call the Nakba, or 'catastrophe' — and the relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Is Jerusalem embassy part of God’s grand plan? Why some evangelicals love Israel
By John Fea — May 15, 2018
(RNS) — Many American evangelicals cheered because they understood the United States' recognition of Jerusalem as the 'once and eternal' capital of Israel as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy.
For some, the US Embassy’s move to Jerusalem fulfills divine prophecy
By Paul O'Donnell — May 14, 2018
JERUSALEM (RNS) — For many evangelical Christians and Orthodox Jews, the controversial relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is not only a smart political move, but the fulfillment of divine prophecy.
Pence: US Embassy to move to Jerusalem in 2019
By Lauren Markoe — January 22, 2018
(USA Today) — Pence made the announcement Monday (Jan. 22) at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.
Trump’s evangelical supporters disappointed about Israel embassy decision
By Adelle M. Banks — June 1, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) But many are still behind him and seem to give him the benefit of the doubt given the realities of peacemaking in the Middle East.
Spicer talks ‘pro-life president,’ embassy move in first White House briefing
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 23, 2017
(RNS) In his first press briefing at the White House, President Donald Trump's press secretary Sean Spicer spoke to two issues important to the conservative Christians who overwhelmingly had voted for the president.
Jewish film festival to return to London theater, but not this year
By Trevor Grundy — August 19, 2014
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Tricycle Theatre has invited the film festival back on the same terms as in previous years “with no restriction on funding from the Embassy of Israel in London.”
U.S. move of Vatican embassy draws fire
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 26, 2013
(RNS) The United States will move its freestanding Vatican embassy into the larger American Embassy to Italy, a shift that has drawn criticism from former U.S. envoys.
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