“I promise that all those involved in yesterday’s deadly terrorist attack will not escape punishment,” Liberman said on Thursday

The word “gap” that is attached to every such promise almost makes it seem as if all that is needed are a couple of trucks to pour some cement and the problem will be solved.

Police feared tension earlier this week, when the annual Jerusalem Day Flag Parade brought masses of Israeli Jews marching through the Muslim Quarter to the Western Wall.

CNN is the butt of a social media joke that aims to put into perspective the media bias against Israel.

Such actions could fuel further Palestinian violence against Israel, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein said on Friday.

Trump characterized the American people's solidarity with Israel as strong and its commitment to Israel's security as "of paramount importance."

Odeh said that “so long as Israel occupies another people it can’t be a true egalitarian democracy.”

Prior to heading the Smithsonian, Skorton also served as president of Cornell University for nine years.