Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurates Trilateral Ulema Conference at Bogor Palace, West Java, on Friday (May 11).

Indonesia strongly denounces US move on Jerusalem: Jokowi

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BOGOR -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has denounced a unilateral plan by the United States to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The move to relocate the embassy to the city of Jerusalem on the border of Israel and the West Bank has been denounced by several allies of the United States since it was...

US President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, holds up a signed proclamation recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Wednesday (Dec. 6), in Washington.

US threatens to withhold aid cash to Palestinians

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, UNITED NATIONS -- U.S. President Donald Trump said in tweets on Tuesday that the United States may withhold future aid payments to Palestinians, accusing them of being "no longer willing to talk peace" with Israel. Trump said that Washington gives Palestinians "hundred of million of dollars a year and get no appreciation or respect. They don't even want to...