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Abbas confirms US offered Abu Dis as Palestinian capital instead of Jerusalem
In the latest Palestinian response to US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last month, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas confirms Sunday reports that US officials offered Palestinians the Jerusalem suburb of Abu Dis as the capital of a future Palestinian state, instead of Jerusalem itself.
Abbas made the comments at a meeting of the PLO’s Central Council in Ramallah Sunday.
— Dov Lieber
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