Palestinian president seeks to rally support amid growing speculation White House plans to move US embassy from Tel AvivThe Palestinian president,Mahmoud Abbas, has sought to rally final-minute diplomatic support to persuadeDonald Trump not to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, or amid persistent speculation that he might accomplish so in a speech this week. The suggestion that Trump might unilaterally recognise Jerusalem parts of which Palestinians also claim for the capital of their own future state – has been circulating in recent days as the US president deliberates on whether to renew the six-monthly waiver to a law mandating the transfer of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk