From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Palestinians seek weekend prayers to protest US Embassy move
An official says Palestinian leaders are calling for mosque and church prayers “from Pakistan to Tehran, from Lebanon to Oman” this weekend to protest the possible move of the US Embassy in Israel to contested Jerusalem.
US President-elect Donald Trump promised such a move during his campaign.
Mohammed Ishtayeh, an adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, says Tuesday that the Palestinians were told by “American circles and diplomatic friends” that Trump might reaffirm the plan during his January 20 inaugural speech.
Ishtayeh says an embassy move would mean “the end of the two-state solution” to the conflict and would violate a global consensus.
The Palestinians seek a future capital in East Jerusalem.
Most countries, including the US, maintain embassies in Tel Aviv.
— AP
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