Riyadh has spoken out against US threats to pace its diplomatic HQ from Tel Aviv but will the president listen?Of all the issues at the heart of the enduring conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, none is as sensitive as the status of Jerusalem. The holy city has been at the centre of peace-making efforts for decades. Donald Trumps approach to it threatens to smash a long-standing international consensus in a disruptive and hazardous way.
Warnings to Washington from across the Middle East and beyond fill still failed to clarify whether the US will indeed unilaterally recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and/or carry out Trump’s controversial campaign promise to transfer the US embassy there from Tel Aviv. The pressure to refrain from doing either is mounting and widespread. The risks are high.
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Source: guardian.co.uk