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Somaliland embassy to be based in Jerusalem, newly inaugurated ambassador says

Somaliland announced it will open its embassy in Jerusalem, while Israel will establish its embassy in Hargeisa, marking growing ties and strategic cooperation between the two nations.

President Isaac Herzog shakes hands with Somaliland’s first ambassador to Israel, Dr. Mohamed Hagi, after receiving his credentials at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, May 18, 2026.
FM Gideon Sa'ar with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña.

Israeli FM Sa’ar meets with Paraguayan counterpart and President Peña in Asuncion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.

WATCH: Netanyahu at Fiji's new Jerusalem embassy: 'Welcome to our capital of last 3,000 years'

 Argentine president-elect Javier Milei addresses supporters after winning Argentina's runoff presidential election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 19, 2023.

Israel thanks Argentina's Milei for pledge to move embassy to Jerusalem


EU trashes Trump announcement

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini: "We believe the only realistic solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine is based on two states and with Jerusalem as the capital of both."

European Union Foreign Affairs Chief Federica Mogherini

Netanyahu: More countries plan to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Netanyahu lauded Trump’s decision explaining that he had earned himself “an eternal role” in Jerusalem’s history and the annals of the Jewish people.

US President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, US, September 18, 2017.

Comment: Why Trump is right in recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

President Trump’s decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital helps to restore the appropriate balance.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stands behind as U.S. President Donald Trump holds up the proclamation he signed that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy there, during an address from the White House in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2017

Reading between the lines of Trump’s Jerusalem announcement

What did the president say and why and how did he say it.

With Vice President Mike Pence looking on, US President Donald Trump gives a statement on Jerusalem, during which he recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, US, December 6, 2017

UN Security Council to meet Friday to discuss Trump's Jerusalem move

The request for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to publicly brief the Security Council meeting was made by France, Bolivia, Egypt, Italy, Senegal, Sweden, Britain and Uruguay.

UN SECRETARY General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement during his meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem in August.

Intense push by US evangelicals helped set stage for Trump's decision on Jerusalem

Conservative Christians have argued that formally recognizing Jerusalem was long overdue following a 1995 congressional mandate to move the embassy from Tel Aviv.

God Bless Trump banner in Jerusalem put up in honor of Trump's announcement

How US Jewish groups are reacting to Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Unsurprisingly, the right and the left had very different takes on the situation.

PEOPLE WATCH US President Donald Trump on TV at Mike’s Place in Jerusalem yesterday.

Analysis: Legal limbo… Jerusalem is yours, except, perhaps, parts that might not be

Anyone who says the whole world disputes Israel’s 1981 annexation is no longer correct.

US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence arrive for Trump to deliver remarks recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at the White House in Washington, US December 6, 2017

U.S. Announcement: Progressing not Hindering Peace

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Recognizing the obvious

A declaration on Jerusalem is not the be-all and end-all of the peace process.

The holy city of Jerusalem.