For the first time a parliament in Europe took the decision to approve a motion which prohibits the funding of NGO’s inciting to terror, hatred and anti-Semitism.
British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson told Isreli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanahu that the British government is a ‘’strong, rock-solid supporter’’ of Israel and reiterated his governent’s policy in favour of a two-state solution, during a visit in Israel.
The last two weeks saw vandalism at Jewish cemeteries in Philadelphia and St. Louis, as well as two more waves of bomb threats called into Jewish community centers across the US.
Palestinian and Jordanian leaders have warned the US that moving the embassy could spark violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories, as well as in the Middle East region as a whole.