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Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Abbas says Trump ‘intends’ to move US embassy to Jerusalem
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump briefs Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas over the phone regarding “his intention” to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Abbas tells Trump that the Palestinian position is “that there will not be a Palestinian state without East Jerusalem as its capital,” according to a report in the official PA news outlet Wafa.
It was not clear from the statement if Trump planned to move the embassy immediately or at some point in the future, with no further details provided.
The Palestinian leader says such a move would undermine the two-state solution and would promote violence and extremism across the region.
Abbas’s spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh says the PA president will continue to be in touch with world leaders to prevent what he called the “unacceptable action.”
— Dov Lieber
The Times of Israel Community.