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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Former French PM: ‘Everyone knows Jerusalem is the capital of Israel’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFormer French prime minister Manuel Valls says “everyone knows that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and no one questions it,” but adds that Trump’s recognition of the Israeli capital was unhelpful, as it “did not get things done.”
Asked by France’s BFMTV and RMC about the call by PA President Mahmoud Abbas for Europeans to recognize Palestine as an independent state, Valls says he “does not believe this would be the right solution.
“I do not believe in unilateral decisions that do not begin with a direct discussion between Palestine and the Israelis,” he says.
— AFP
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