Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he expected Europe to follow the United States in recognizing Jerusalem as the Jewish state’s capital, but the EU’s diplomatic chief said there was no change to its stance on the holy city. “I believe that all or most of the European countries will move their embassies to Jerusalem, recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and engage robustly with us for security, prosperity and peace,” Netanyahu said. Mogherini said the EU — the Palestinians’ largest donor — would stick to the “international consensus” on Jerusalem. Netanyahu has praised Trump’s decision as “historic” and he explained on Sunday that Jerusalem “has always been our capital and it has never been the capital of any other people”. And last week Hungary broke ranks to block a joint statement from the EU that was critical of Washington’s Jerusalem shift.

Source: Pakistan Today December 11, 2017 17:26 UTC