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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech at an event in Ankara, Turkey, December 12, 2017. (AP)

Live updates (Closed)

After UN vote, Erdogan says he expects Trump to rescind Jerusalem move

By Raoul Wootliff

Turkish president praises ‘historic resolution’ which passed 128-9 with 35 abstentions, says motion challenges legality of US recognition of Israel’s capital

7:32 pm

Facebook pulling 'disputed' flags from fake news
7:14 pm

Hamas praises UN resolution on Jerusalem
6:46 pm

After UN vote, Erdogan calls on Trump to rescind Jerusalem move

US President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, December 20, 2017. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

Trump threatens to slash aid to countries backing UN Jerusalem vote

By ToI Staff and Agencies

‘Let them vote against us. We’ll save a lot,’ says US president ahead of Thursday’s General Assembly session

AnalysisTrump warns over UN, but he likely can’t stop feeding the hand that bites

By Eric Cortellessa

US President Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchange greetings at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 12, 2017. (Haim Tzach/GPO)

Shunned by Palestinians, Trump envoy tells Netanyahu he’s still working on peace

By AFP and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, September 22, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu spurns UN as ‘house of lies’ ahead of Jerusalem vote

By Raphael Ahren

PM dismisses Thursday’s General Assembly session on US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, predicts that others will follow Trump’s lead on status of holy city

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and US President Donald Trump shake hands at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel, US team up to try to block UN vote on Jerusalem

By Josef Federman

A memorial to soldiers of the Jerusalem Brigade who fell in 1967's Six Day War was vandalized on December 21, 2017. (Israel Police)

‘Trump, Jerusalem is ours’ scrawled in Arabic on memorial to soldiers

Illustrative: A cartoon depicting Uncle Sam throwing off his hat to reveal a Jewish skullcap with a Star of David, published on December 17, 2017 in the United Arab Emirates' Al-Ittihad newspaper, following US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. (via the Anti-Defamation League)

Spate of anti-Semitic cartoons seen in Arab media after Trump’s Jerusalem move

Anti-Defamation League documents rash of caricatures alleging Jewish and Israeli control over US politics

Palestinian minister slams US ‘threats’ ahead of UN Jerusalem vote

By AFP and ToI Staff

Bahrain FM seems to call Jerusalem a ‘side issue,’ urges unity against Iran

South Africa’s ruling party resolves to downgrade embassy in Israel

By Raphael Ahren

Brunhilde Pomsel, a secretary from Josef Goebbels' propaganda office, in 'A German Life.' (Courtesy)

Film review'I was just a woman,' shrugs Brunhilde Pomsel

Shot in black and white, ‘A German Life’ paints WWII in chilling shades of gray

By Jordan Hoffman

The film’s ‘star,’ a secretary to Goebbels who was in Hitler’s bunker at the very end, continues to deny culpability, still gets teary-eyed about the Fuhrer’s suicide

Illustrative close up of woman's eye (iStock)

Our brains scan faces and tag them friend or foe, study shows

By Shoshanna Solomon

Hebrew University and other researchers now hope to see if they can change how the brain perceives people, and maybe one day help sufferers of autism, PTSD, depression

In this screenshot from a video from the Australian Broadcasting Corp., emergency medical workers offer aid to victims struck by a vehicle, December 21, 20217, in Melbourne, Australia. (Australian Broadcast Corp. via AP)

14 injured as car rams pedestrians in downtown Melbourne

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Illustrative: A policeman stands guard at the Marienplatz square in Munich, southern Germany, on July 22, 2016 (AFP/dpa/Sven Hoppe )

Germany says it foiled terror ramming plot on ice skating rink

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Chief of Police Roni Alsheich at an inauguration ceremony marking the opening of a new police station in the northern Arab Israeli town of Jisr az-Zarqa November 21, 2017. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

Top cop dismisses Netanyahu’s attacks, says police not part of the debate

Roni Alsheich says investigations into PM’s suspected corruption not affected by criticism

Key Netanyahu coalition partner tells police to ‘keep going’ in graft probe

Netanyahu apologizes to veteran reporter for mocking him

Hebrew media reviewCoalition whiplash

By Joshua Davidovich

Australia, where ‘death to the Jews’ is legal

Despite a law against promoting racist violence, the hatemongers are free to foment attacks

Laurence Weinbaum

When history clashes with politics in Poland

Don’t rush to credit righteous Poles; the local resistance was indifferent (at best!) to the elimination of Jews

Gary Rosenblatt

In search of a sexual abuse policy

Whose responsibility is it to determine what is true and pass judgment of guilt or innocence?

The 10 most insane UN anti-Israel actions of 2017

The year in scapegoating, historical revision, falsehoods, hypocracy and canards

Screenshot of Coco Chanel from Stéphane Benhamou's film 'The No. 5 War.' (Courtesy)

Foul note in Chanel No. 5 let out of the bottle in new film

By Tracy Frydberg

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Sholom Rabashkin, left, speaks with his defense attorney Montgomery Brown at Rubashkin's trial on state child labor charges on May 14, 2010, at the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Waterloo, Iowa. (Andrea Melendez/AP)

Trump commutes sentence of kosher meatpacking CEO Rubashkin

By ToI Staff and JTA

Albanian special policemen take part in a security briefing at the Elbasan Arena stadium before the 2018 World Cup group G qualifying football match between Albania and Israel, in Elbasan on November 12, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU

Two in Kosovo plead guilty to plotting attack on Israeli soccer match

By ToI Staff and AFP

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, left, visits an attack tunnel dug by a Palestinian terrorist group from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel during a visit to the area on December 20, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF chief visits Gaza attack tunnels, amid lingering tensions

By Judah Ari Gross

Screen capture from an interview with Israel-Arab film producer Mohammad Bakri. (YouTube/Stay Human The Reading Movie)

AG to assist in defamation suit against ‘Jenin, Jenin’ director

By Judah Ari Gross

Education Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on December 11, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Following outcry, ministry adds Rabin murder to ‘education parks’

A gown from Inbal Dror's wedding dress collection at New York Bridal Fashion Week, October, 2017. (Courtesy/Dan Lecca)

Gown and outIsraeli designer confirms wedding gown sketches for Markle

By Tracy Frydberg

Illustrative: Newborn babies in a Jerusalem hospital. (Flash90)

Labor partyJerusalem woman gives birth to her 20th child

By Stuart Winer

Screen grab from recruitment video for the Mossad intelligence agency. (Screen capture: Facebook video)

Spy catcherMossad looking for new recruits on Facebook

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