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Abbas’s Fatah party calls for mass mobilization if Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Palestinian Authority’s dominant party, Fatah, calls for mass mobilization of Palestinians if US President Donald Trump officially recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, or moves its embassy there.
It has been widely reported that Trump will announce the embassy move, or perhaps simply declare that the US recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, on Wednesday.
The status of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues of the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the suggestion that Trump could reverse years of US policy has prompted a furious bout of lobbying from the Palestinian leadership.
— Dov Lieber
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