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Donald Trump may endorse Jerusalem as Israeli capital: What is the world's position on this international issue?
•In 1995, the US Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act calling on the United States to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, recognising it as Israel's capital.
Jerusalem holy site conflict: Benjamin Netanyahu threatens to expel Al-Jazeera, accuses it of inciting violence
•Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he wants to expel Al-Jazeera from Israel amid tensions over a sensitive Jerusalem holy site
US intelligence: UAE hacked Qatari news website, planted fake story used as pretext for Gulf crisis
•The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of a Qatari government news site in May, planting a false story that was used as a pretext for the current crisis between Qatar and several Arab countries
UAE, five other nations write to FIFA to strip Qatar of 2022 World Cup, claims report
•"The FIFA president has never received such a letter and subsequently has not done any comment on that," said a FIFA spokesman.
Narendra Modi visits Tel Aviv: Here's how leading Israeli newspapers covered the historic trip
Fp Staff •When a leading Israeli daily The Marker headlined an article covering Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Tel Aviv as “Wake up: the most important PM of the world is coming”, the importance and influence that India pulls over Israel became quite prominent.
Qatar isolation 'inhumane', violates Islamic values, says Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan
•Tayyip Erdogan denounced isolation of Qatar as a violation of Islamic values and akin to a "death penalty" imposed in a crisis that has reverberated across the Middle East
FIFA World Cup 2022: Strained diplomatic ties casts a dark shadow over hosts Qatar
•Qatar's bid for the 2022 World Cup was based on a powerful vision that football could unite West Asia. However, that optimism is rapidly disintegrating after Arab neighbours severed ties with Qatar on Monday
Qatar crisis: Donald Trump calls King Salman, asks for Gulf unity to promote stability and fight terrorism
•US president Donald Trump spoke to Saudi Arabia's King Salman and called for a united Gulf Cooperation Council to fight terrorism
Pakistan parliament to take final decision on military alliance with Saudi Arabia
•Pakistan government has decided to take the issue of joining the Saudi-led 41 nation military alliance to parliament, amid concerns about sectarianism.
Israeli PM Netanyahu slams French efforts to restart peace talks with Palestine
Ians •French officials took the initiative to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians to the ire of Israel and the support of Palestine.