RAMALLAH, December 6, 2017 (WAFA) – Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and Foreign Minister Riyad Malki warned on Wednesday that any change in the status of Jerusalem would heighten tension and violence in the region.
Hamdallah and Malki met with European Union diplomats in Ramallah to brief them on the latest political developments following reports that US President Donald Trump intends to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy to Jerusalem.
The premier said these steps “would inflame the conflict and increase violence in the region since Jerusalem is not only a Palestinian concern but it concerns all Arab and Islamic peoples.”
Hamdallah informed the diplomats on the telephone call between President Mahmoud Abbas and Trump on Tuesday, in which Abbas rejected the US decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem because it would kill the peace process and the two-state solution.
He called on the EU member states to recognize Palestine in order to salvage the peace process and to push for implementation of United Nations resolutions pertaining to Palestine and particularly Jerusalem.
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