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What Matters Most On Thursday, December 7, 2017

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

'This is nothing more or less than recognition of reality'

Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, starts embassy move

By AP and ToI Staff

US president defies warnings from Arab and world leaders, endorses a two-state solution if both sides agree; Abbas says US can no longer play role in peace efforts

PM, president hail ‘historic’ Jerusalem recognition, say it won’t hurt peace

By Marissa Newman

Abbas says Trump’s Jerusalem decision ends historic US role as peace broker

AnalysisFull text of Trump’s speech recognizing Jerusalem as capital of Israel

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli forces near a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Ramallah, December 7, 2017. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP)

Palestinians riot in West Bank, Gaza as tempers flare over Jerusalem

By Judah Ari Gross

Dozens of protesters said injured in clashes with Israeli troops as they burn tires, throw rocks in low-level clashes

Hamas head urges new intifada as Palestinians rage against Trump move

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Iraq militia threatens US forces after Trump Jerusalem move

By AFP

US asks Israel to ‘restrain’ response to Jerusalem announcement

US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Jerusalem from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 6, 2017. (AFP/ Saul Loeb)

Analysis

While endorsing Israeli Jerusalem, Trump doesn’t rule out any of Abbas’s demands

President’s declaration is issued in a vacuum with no specific peace plan, and partially prejudges a key final status issue, but it does not negate Palestinian claims in holy city

AnalysisIf I recognize thee, O Jerusalem: What Trump’s move means for the region

By Raphael Ahren

AnalysisTrump recognizes Jerusalem, but experts have trouble spotting his endgame

By Eric Cortellessa

AnalysisTrump’s announcement: A big deal that may not actually change much

Illustrative: Man holding a US passport. (Shutterstock)

Live updates (closed)

US State Department: No change to Jerusalem passport policy

By Raoul Wootliff

Officials say no plans to amend practices for policy papers, travel announcements or transcripts of official events, or to redraw current official maps

7:46 pm

Senior Palestinian official says Trump meant all of Jerusalem
7:28 pm

Rocket fired from Gaza lands in Israel, IDF responds with tank fire, airstrikes
7:23 pm

US State Department: No change to Jerusalem passport policy

'Trump inscribed himself in annals of capital for all time'

Netanyahu says more countries to follow Trump lead on Jerusalem

By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff

Prime minister says he is contact with countries on moving embassies to capital; officials say Prague and Manila first in line

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the International Conference on Digital Diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, on December 7, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Czech Republic recognizes pre-1967 Jerusalem as capital of Israel

After Jerusalem recognition, Trump signs waiver delaying embassy move

Amid backlash, Tillerson says Jerusalem recognition just ‘reality’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Uzi Sharabi selling baked goods at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, Dec. 6, 2017. (Andrew Tobin)

At a Jerusalem market, Trump’s capital announcement met by grins, frowns, shrugs

By Andrew Tobin

While many welcome US recognition of Israel’s capital, few think it will have much immediate effect on their lives

Global leaders regret, reject Trump recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

By ToI Staff and Agencies

UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Jerusalem

By AFP and ToI Staff

Hebrew media reviewA recognition for the ages

By Adiv Sterman

Still from Steven Spielberg's 'The Post.' (Courtesy 20th Century Fox)

Film review

Spielberg’s topical ‘The Post’ presses all the right buttons

By Jordan Hoffman

Trump’s embassy move is a Pyrrhic victory

The US president is divisive, self-serving, possibly corrupt, and everything he does in office is tainted

The US embassy never belonged in Tel Aviv

Politics have kept the embassies out of Jerusalem; the US move finally rights the historical wrong

To US Jews: No representation without taxation

What the Reform and Conservative movements are doing wrong (and what they could do right!) when it comes to Israel

The day Trump said yes, I do love you

Hearing Jerusalem recognized out loud is transformative — and deserves a celebration

Michael J. Koplow

The US Embassy winners and losers

Symbolic measures matter in the Middle East, so Trump may have just killed his peace plan

Why I met a Polish priest with an anti-Semitic past

Years of efforts by Israel’s foreign ministry among others have led to genuine positive change

More Headlines

The exterior of the HaCarmel restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Google Maps)

Man holding Palestinian flag smashes windows of Amsterdam kosher restaurant

By Cnaan Liphshiz

This photo taken on August 2, 2017, shows US Secretary of Defense James Mattis (L) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) arriving for a closed meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

State, Defense and CIA chiefs all opposed Jerusalem declaration, CNN says

Palestinian youths take part in a protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Gaza City, December 7, 2017. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP)

Turkish president: Trump’s Jerusalem decision puts region in ‘ring of fire’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

US President Donald Trump (C-L) and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (C-R) arrive for the Arabic Islamic American Summit at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN

In rare rebuke, Saudis condemn ‘irresponsible’ Trump Jerusalem shift

By Agencies and ToI Staff

American Jews protest against Soviet Jewish policies during a demonstration in Washington, DC. (Photo by © Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images, JTA)

Natan Sharansky recalls when 250,000 Jews rallied for Soviet Jewry 30 years ago

In this October 24, 2017, photo, an employee poses with Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" on display at Christie's auction rooms in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Da Vinci’s $450 million Jesus heads to Abu Dhabi after purchase by Saudi prince

By AFP

Then-Likud Knesset member Oren Hazan reacts during a Knesset plenary session, on November 27, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Likud troublemaker Oren Hazan charged in 2014 assault

By Marissa Newman

Argentina's former president and Buenos Aires senatorial then-candidate for the Unidad Ciudadana Party, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner waving to supporters at Juan Domingo Peron stadium in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, October 16, 2017. (Eitan Abramovich/AFP)

Argentina judge orders arrest of ex-president Kirchner over Iran terror cover-up

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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