It says any credible future peace deal will place the Israeli capital in Jerusalem, and ditching old policies is needed to revive a peace process frozen since 2014. The Trump administration says it remains committed to the peace process and its decision does not affect Jerusalem’s future borders or status. Israel, which annexed East Jerusalem after capturing it in a 1967 war, considers the entire city to be its capital while Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of a future independent state. policy and international consensus that the ancient city’s status must be decided in Israeli-Palestinian talks. would recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, breaking with decades of U.S. Trump announced on December 6 that the U.S. Netanyahu said President Donald Trump’s move made peace in the Middle East possible “because recognising reality is the substance of peace, the foundation of peace.” Making his first ever visit to EU headquarters in Brussels, Mr. in Jerusalem move, but was met by a firm rebuff from EU foreign ministers who saw the move as a blow against the peace process. Netanyahu had asked the EU to ask allies to join the U.S. in recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.Įarlier, Mr. EU foreign ministers on Monday in Brussels rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to join the U.S.
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