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Poland is seeing a resurgence of anti-Semitism over pending legislation that would impose jail terms for suggestions that the nation was complicit in the Holocaust, local minority groups warned.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has signalled that New Zealand will criticise US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital in a United Nations vote tomorrow.

Israel plans to revoke the media credentials of Al Jazeera TV journalists, close its Jerusalem bureau and pull the station's broadcasts from local providers.

Lebanon's Interior Ministry banned the new "Wonder Woman" film from cinemas because an Israeli actress plays the lead role, a ministry source and a security official said.

Israel summoned the ambassadors of 10 nations, including NZ, to Jerusalem to reprimand them over a UN Security Council resolution on settlement-building.

Israel has moved forward with plans to build nearly 1200 homes for Jewish settlers, holding fast to a defiant settlement policy as cabinet ministers met to approve a release of Palestinian prisoners ahead of a new round of peace talks.