Benjamin Netanyahu

More than 120 countries defied President Donald Trump on Thursday and voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to drop its recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, according to Reuters.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dubbed the United Nations a “house of lies” on Dec. 21, ahead of a General Assembly vote on a resolution rejecting U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Israel has made it clear that it will work with the new coalition government of Austria, composed of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ANP) and the extreme right Austrian Freedom Party (APA), but "so far" will have no direct contacts with the far-right ministers, the France press reported.

On the night of Dec. 16 thousands of Israeli citizens hit the streets to protest a bill that they say protects Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from investigation in two separate corruption probes

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to expect EU states to follow the US in moving embassies to Jerusalem, EUObserver reported. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Dec. 11 he expected Europe to follow the U.S. in recognizing 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.

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has warned US recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital was a "threat to peace" as he hosted the country's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on his first foreign trip since Donald Trump provoked widespread condemnation with the decision, Guardian writes.

Turkish presidential spokesman on Dec. 10 condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who strongly reacted against the United States’ decision on Jerusalem.

Is there a new conflict in the Middle East? This is a question that has been increasingly common in the world over the past few days. And every day more people are worried, given the events in Israel. After US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the country, the Middle East again is a hot spot for debate.

Arabs and Muslims across the Middle East on Wednesday condemned the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital as an incendiary move in a volatile region and Palestinians said Washington was abandoning its leading role as a peace mediator.