WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on whether to formally recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, his adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner said on Sunday, a move that would break with decades of US policy and could fuel violence in the Middle East. A senior administration official said last week that Trump could make the announcement on Wednesday. Kushner is leading Trump’s efforts to restart long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, efforts that so far have shown little progress. The Palestinians want Jerusalem as the capital of their future state, and the international community does not recognise Israel’s claim on all of the city. Any move by the United States to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would fuel extremism and violence, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Saturday.

Source: Pakistan Today December 03, 2017 19:30 UTC