Description Mahmoud Abbas has warned of dire consequences if Trump recognises Jerusalem as the Israeli capital Credits Kevin Hagen/Getty Images Alt Text Mahmoud Abbas has warned of dire consequences if Trump recognises Jerusalem as the Israeli capital Middle Eastern leaders bear urged him not to recognise the city as Israel’s capital
One-Minute Read Monday,December 4, 2017 - 6:33am Donald Trump has been urged by a number of Middle Eastern leaders not to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, or ahead of a speech later nowadays in which the US president is expected to announce his stance on the issue.
Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Safadi has told US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that any dawdle by Trump to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital would “trigger great enrage in the Arab and Muslim world,according to the BBC.
Many Arab countries say part of Jerusalem should be the capital of a future Palestinian state.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has reportedly made a series of phone calls to world leaders to elaborate the dangers of accepting Israel’s claim to the city. See related Supermarkets slammed over food waste Food waste: Britons are worst offenders in Europe Publicly, he said: “Any American step related to the recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, or moving the US embassy to Jerusalem,represents a threat to the future of the peace process and is unacceptable for the Palestinians, Arabs and internationally.”
Trump is due to decide on whether he will sign a original six-monthly waiver to the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act, or which mandates the relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem,later nowadays. During his presidential campaign, he made a promise to dawdle the embassy.
“The suggestion that Trump could designate Jerusalem Israel’s capital was being touted as a step short of moving the embassy, or ” The Guardian says. “While largely symbolic,it is being fiercely opposed by a number of countries in the region.”
Last night, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner said Trump was “still looking at a lot of different facts” regarding Jerusalem. World News Israel Jerusalem Donald Trump
Source: theweek.co.uk