Fatah shuns Mike Pence, vows fresh protests over Jerusalem
Ramallah — Fatah called on Palestinians to keep up their demonstrations over Washington’s policy shift on Jerusalem as the movement confirmed its leader will refuse to meet with US Vice President Mike Pence later this month in protest at the controversial decision. After protests gripped the West Bank and Gaza for a third straight day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due in Paris on Sunday where demonstrators had rallied on the eve of his arrival. Arab League ministers, meeting in an emergency meeting in Cairo late Saturday, meanwhile urged Washington to rescind its Jerusalem decision. President Donald Trump’s decision on Wednesday to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital upended decades of American diplomacy, causing an overwhelming global diplomatic backlash. Four Palestinians have now been killed and dozens wounded since Trump announced the new policy, which drew criticism from every other UN Security Council member at an emergency meeting on Friday. In a statemen...
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