Palestinians recall envoys from Europe for attendance at embassy move shindig

16 May 2018, 2:49 pm

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The Palestinians envoys to Romania, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria have been recalled to Ramallah after ambassadors from the EU countries attended an Israeli reception marking the US embassy’s move to Jerusalem, the PA said Wednesday.

The statement from the PA’s foreign ministry said the EU nations’ ambassadors had attended the reception on Sunday, the day before the US opened its Israel embassy in Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Foreign Ministry’s reception to celebrate the US Embassy’s relocation from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, on May 13, 2018. (Haim Tzach/GPO)

The embassy move and Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has deeply angered Palestinians, who see the Israeli-annexed eastern sector of the city as the capital of their future state.

On Tuesday, the PLO recalled its ambassador to Washington over the move.

— with AFP