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European Union: Jerusalem should be joint capital

Deseret News - Tue Dec 8, 9:51 am ET

European Union foreign ministers called on Tuesday for the resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, and urged...

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EU Seeks to Avoid Confrontation With Israel Over Jerusalem
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 11:36 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union sought to avoid a confrontation with Israel by toning down a declaration that called for the recognition of east Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
Turkey Faces New EU Roadblock as Cyprus Widens Veto Threat
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 11:21 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey faced a new obstacle to joining the European Union after Cyprus, its rival in the Mediterranean Sea, widened a threat to veto the membership talks.
Opposition To Serbia’s EU Membership Ends
The Inquisitr - Mon Dec 7, 9:25 pm ET
Brussels, Belgium (AHN) – Serbia’s hope of joining the European Union improved Monday with the withdrawal by the Netherlands of its opposition to the Balkan country’s membership bid. The gesture of the Dutch government, revealed by EU diplomats during a meeting in Brussels, opens preliminary trade relations with Serbia. The trade deal had been put on hold [...]
Jordan urges EU to oppose Israel settlements in Jerusalem
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 6, 2:14 pm ET
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday urged the European Union to help put a halt to Israeli settlement building in Jerusalem, ahead of an EU foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.
Greece Blocks EU Bid to Set Date for Macedonia Entry Talks
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 4:51 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Greece blocked a proposal to set a date for the Republic of Macedonia to start talks to join the European Union, saying the country’s name implies a territorial claim on a Greek province of the same name.
Key US lawmaker chides EU over Jerusalem
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 3:55 pm ET
European Union members should join "responsible nations" in opposing any plan to recognize Arab east Jerusalem as capital of a future Palestinian state, a key US lawmaker said Monday.
EU unblocks trade deal with Serbia, diplomats say
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 12:16 pm ET
Brussels - European Union foreign ministers on Monday unblocked a major trade deal with Serbia 18 months after they first approved it, rewarding the country's effort to track down war-crimes suspects, EU diplomats said. The EU has long wanted to impr...
EU: Jerusalem should be joint capital
San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Dec 8, 6:24 am ET
European Union foreign ministers urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to make Jerusalem their shared capital, prompting a swift, angry reaction from Israel. For their part Tuesday, the Palestinians announced a boycott of products made in Israeli...
EU Business Lobby: EU Economic Recovery "Fragile"
Nasdaq - Tue Dec 8, 9:16 am ET
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European Union's economic recovery remains fragile, with companies still struggling to obtain bank financing, the bloc's main business lobby said Tuesday.
EU warns Turkey over Cyprus blockade
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 9:47 am ET
Brussels - Turkey should open its ports to Cypriot vessels in a bid to make talks over re-unifying the island easier, European Union foreign ministers said Monday. EU member states have frozen Turkey's bid to join the bloc because of its refusal to a...
EU Backs Joint Capital Status For Jerusalem
INO News - Tue Dec 8, 12:11 pm ET
(RTTNews) - European Union foreign ministers agreed at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday that Jerusalem should be made the joint capital of both Israel and the future Palestinian state, as a part of a negotiated settlement between the two sides.
EU pushes Israel to accept Jerusalem as shared capital - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 3:31 pm ET
Brussels/Jerusalem - European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday pushed Israel to accept Jerusalem as a shared capital of a future Palestinian state, urging the two sides in the Middle East conflict to return to negotiations as soon as possible. The ...
EU proposes Jerusalem as shared capital
WashingtonTV - Tue Dec 8, 3:07 pm ET
Washington, 8 December (WashingtonTV)—European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday urged Israel and the Palestinians to make Jerusalem their shared capital, as part of a negotiated peace.
Eurocrats' pay claim outrages crisis-shaken EU
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 8:16 am ET
Brussels - European Union officials' demand for an inflation-busting pay rise of 3.7 per cent has ignited a bitter row with the bloc's crisis-hit member states ahead of a key meeting on Tuesday, officials in Brussels said. Diplomats from EU capitals ...
EU foreign ministers call for Jerusalem talks
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Tue Dec 8, 2:30 pm ET
European Union foreign ministers called for negotiations over the status of Jerusalem as a capital for two states.