Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sends letters to world leaders urging them to prevent the stated goal of the incoming administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump to move its embassy from the Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
According to the official PA news outlet Wafa, Abbas sends letters to the heads of Russia, China, France, Germany, Britain, the European Union, the African Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Arab League, “asking them to spare no effort to prevent moving the US embassy to Jerusalem.”
The PA president on Monday also sends a letter to Trump, explaining what he believes are the pitfalls of fulfilling his controversial campaign promise.
Abbas argues the move will “likely have a disastrous impact on the peace process, on the two-state solution and on the stability and security of the entire region, since Israel’s decision to annex East Jerusalem contradicts international law.”
— Dov Lieber
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