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Palestine Recalls US Ambassador As It Reassess Ties After Jerusalem Move

  • Palestinian National Authority Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad Al Maliki speaks during a news conference at the Palestine Embassy.

    Palestinian National Authority Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad Al Maliki speaks during a news conference at the Palestine Embassy. | Photo: Reuters

Published 31 December 2017
Opinion

The United States has stood isolated as international condemnations for the embassy move ring far and wide.

The Palestine National Authority on Sunday recalled its ambassador to the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel.

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Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Liberation Organization envoy to Washington, D.C., is set to return for "consultations", according to a report published by Palestinian news agency WAFA.

Riyad al-Malki, the Palestinian foreign minister, said that discussions will take place "to set the decisions needed by the Palestinian leadership in the coming period regarding our relations with the U.S.”

Following Trump’s decision, the Palestinian leadership has said they will "no longer accept" any peace plan put forward by the United States.

Since the announcement, Palestinians have resolutely condemned the decision and erupted in mass "days of rage" protests. Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has also called for a  new "intifada," or uprising, against Israeli occupation, a plea backed by Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.

In the United Nations, the United States has stood isolated as other members have unanimously condemned the decision.

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