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Israel worried by Abbas response to US policy shift on Jerusalem — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael is reportedly concerned that PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s response to US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will spark further unrest in the Wast Bank and Gaza Strip.
According to Channel 10 news, the defense establishment is concerned the situation in the Palestinian territories will “spiral out of control.”
Abbas, who has openly cursed Trump over his policies, told a conference in Egypt earlier today that the United States has disqualified itself from continuing as a broker in the long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a role America has had for decades.
He said the US leader’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was “sinful” and “ill-fated.”
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