DUBAI (Reuters) – The foreign minister of US ally Bahrain has defended Australia’s formal recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying the move would not affect a future Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital. Australia’s government announced the decision on Saturday, reversing decades of Middle East policy, but said it would not immediately move its embassy there. The United States in May opened its embassy in Jerusalem. The United Nations says the status of Jerusalem can be resolved only by negotiations. Israel has diplomatic relations with only two Arab states, Egypt and Jordan.

Source: Egypt Independent December 16, 2018 10:07 UTC