Palestinians seek weekend prayers to protest US Embassy move

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AP Ramallah
Last Updated : Jan 10 2017 | 9:13 PM IST
An official says Palestinian leaders are calling for mosque and church prayers "from Pakistan to Tehran, from Lebanon to Oman" this weekend to protest the possible move of the US Embassy in Israel to contested Jerusalem.
US President-elect Donald Trump promised such a move during his campaign.
Mohammed Ishtayeh, an adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said today that the Palestinians were told by "American circles and diplomatic friends" that Trump might reaffirm the plan during his January 20 inaugural speech.
Ishtayeh says an embassy move would mean "the end of the two-state solution" to the conflict and would violate a global consensus.
The Palestinians seek a future capital in east Jerusalem, captured and annexed by Israel in 1967.
Most countries, including the US, maintain embassies in Israel's Tel Aviv.

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First Published: Jan 10 2017 | 9:13 PM IST

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