US finds few backers of Jerusalem move, world leaders say can provoke “dangerous consequences”
With the current obliteration of faith in the US, that the Jerusalem announcement has brought among Palestinians, it may be very difficult for the US to get Palestine aboard.
Written by Nandini Rathi | Published: December 8, 2017 5:32 pm
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, holds up a signed proclamation recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“Israel is a sovereign nation with the right like any other sovereign nation to determine its own capital. Acknowledging this as a fact is a necessary condition for achieving peace,” US President Donald Trump said in his Wednesday, December 6 address, amidst a clamor of imploring and warnings from foreign leaders in Arab, Muslim and European countries to not do so. He also kicked off the process of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by giving directions for arrangements to be made in that direction. Protests, including violent ones, by Palestinians, who were particularly stunned by this move, broke almost right away in Jerusalem and Palestinian territories — resulting in tension escalation, and counter-attacks and beefed up security by the Israeli army on Thursday and Friday.
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, holds up a signed proclamation recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“Israel is a sovereign nation with the right like any other sovereign nation to determine its own capital. Acknowledging this as a fact is a necessary condition for achieving peace,” US President Donald Trump said in his Wednesday, December 6 address, amidst a clamor of imploring and warnings from foreign leaders in Arab, Muslim and European countries to not do so. He also kicked off the process of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by giving directions for arrangements to be made in that direction. Protests, including violent ones, by Palestinians, who were particularly stunned by this move, broke almost right away in Jerusalem and Palestinian territories — resulting in tension escalation, and counter-attacks and beefed up security by the Israeli army on Thursday and Friday.
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