Abbas spokesman says PA rejects a US embassy in Jerusalem

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s spokesperson says the Ramallah-based government rejects the transfer of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as it would mean Washington “officially recognizes that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel,” PA’s official news agency Wafa reports.

–Dov Lieber

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