Monday, May 14, 2018

U.S. Embassy Opens In Jerusalem, And Other Stories

Today, the new American embassy opened in Jerusalem, which was accompanied by demonstrations and riots by Palestinians in Gaza.  Some related stories:

From CBS News, the embassy opens, with Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin leading the U.S. delegation.

From BBC News, Israeli troops defend the border with Gaza.

From The Guardian, Israeli troops defend the border with Gaza.

From Haaretz, Israeli troops defend the border with Gaza.

From HotAir, a U.S. Senator of Jewish descent applauds President Trump.

From The Jerusalem Post, Prime Minister Netanyahu thanks President Trump.

From The Times Of Israel, Netanyahu tells Trump, "You have made history".

From TeleSur, 32 countries accepted the invitation to the opening ceremony.

And from Breitbart Jerusalem, Jerusalem residents celebrate.
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In other stories:

From Breitbart London, the Five-Star Movement and League parties in Italy are ready to propose a program of government to their president.

From Euractiv, the Five-Star Movement and League parties are close to naming a prime minister.

From the Express, the populist victory in Italy could be a "wake-up call" for the E.U.

From France24, a strike could cause "major disruptions" to French railroad traffic.

From Flanders News, a strike has caused three quarters of Brussels Airlines flights to be cancelled.

From Yahoo News, according to U.K. politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, Brexit will be good for young people in Britain.

From Voice Of Europe, according to a poll, 79 percent of French people don't approve of the hijab in French society.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek government considers enlarging their migrant centers.

From the NL Times, the Dutch Council of State criticizes itself.

From FrontpageMag, the recent discovery of biblical text behind Arabic koranic text is put into its cultural context.

From the Times, an Indonesian family sends a child to suicide bomb police.  (This website is from South Africa.)

From Africa News, an explosive has been found at the South African mosque where worshipers were attacked last week.

From All4Women, the South African mosque attackers had "prayed first".

From Gatestone Institute, Turkish President Erdoğan's "family engineering".

From Red State, the Supreme Court defends the Fourth Amendment.

From National Review, America is too big to be governed through centralization.

From Townhall, how liberals hoist their own petards on immigration.

From the Time, a double amputee climbs Mount Everest.  (via the New York Post)

From ESPN, DeAngelo Hall, who played for Virginia Tech and in the NFL, calls it a career.

From TMZ, actress Margot Kidder passes away at her home in Montana.  (via WTVR)

And from The Sun, a hotel chain in Britain offers a lullaby service.

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