Palestine and Turkey threaten action if US declares Jerusalem Israel’s capital
Jerusalem — A US move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would mean the end of President Donald Trump’s peace efforts around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior Palestinian official warned on Tuesday. "This totally destroys any chance that he will play a role as an honest broker," Nabil Shaath, an adviser to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, told journalists. "It takes away ... the deal of the century," he added, referring to Trump’s pledge to reach an elusive peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians. On Monday, Trump delayed a decision on whether to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and move the US embassy there. The White House said Trump would miss a deadline to decide on shifting the embassy from Tel Aviv, after a frantic 48 hours of public warnings from allies and private phone calls between world leaders. There have been suggestions he will stop short of moving the embassy for now but recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital — a move that would...
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