The suggestion that Trump could recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was being touted as a step short of moving the embassy. “Spoke with #US Secretary of State Tillerson on dangerous consequences of recognising Jerusalem as capital of Israel. Abbas placed a series of phone calls on Sunday with world leaders both to “explain the dangers of any decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem or recognise [Jerusalem] as Israel’s capital,” a spokesman said. Photograph: Jose Luis Magana/APAbbas has called Arab leaders, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Erdoğan told Abbas that an independent Palestinian state must have East Jerusalem as its capital, the Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

Source: The Guardian December 03, 2017 19:43 UTC