{"id":950689,"date":"2017-12-08T07:02:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T23:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=950689"},"modified":"2017-12-08T04:04:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T20:04:00","slug":"arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital","title":{"rendered":"Arabs, Europe, UN reject Trump recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_950690\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-950690\" class=\"size-large wp-image-950690\" src=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01-620x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01-129x86.jpg 129w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01-342x228.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-950690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IT\u2019S OFFICIAL US President Donald Trump holds up a newly signed proclamation to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. At right is Vice President Mike Pence. \u2014AP<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p>WASHINGTON\u2014Defying dire, worldwide warnings, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday broke with decades of US and international policy by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n<p>Despite urgent appeals from Arab and European leaders and the risk of anti-American protests and violence, Trump declared that he was ending an approach that for decades had failed to advance the prospects for peace.<\/p>\n\n<p>He also for the first time personally endorsed the concept of a \u201ctwo-state solution\u201d for Israel and the Palestinians, provided both sides agree to it.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,\u201d he said in a White House address, calling it \u201coverdue\u201d and in the best interests of the United States.<\/p>\n\n<p>According to him, recognition acknowledged the \u201cobvious\u201d that Jerusalem is the seat of Israel\u2019s government despite the disputed status that is one of the key elements in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Recognition of reality\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThis is nothing more or less than the recognition of reality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n<p>Trump also directed that the US Department of State begin the process of moving the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as required by US law.<\/p>\n\n<p>Trump maintained that his decision would not compromise the city\u2019s geographic and political borders, which will still be determined by Israel and the Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Trump\u2019s announcement as a \u201chistoric landmark,\u201d but other close Western allies of Washington such as Britain and France were critical.<\/p>\n\n<p>The European Union and United Nations also voiced alarm at Trump\u2019s decision, which was condemned by Arabs and Muslims across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Appeal for calm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>France rejected the \u201cunilateral\u201d decision while appealing for calm in the region.<\/p>\n\n<p>Britain said the move would not help peace efforts and Jerusalem should ultimately be shared by Israel and a future Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n<p>Germany said Jerusalem\u2019s status could be resolved only on the basis of a two-state solution.<\/p>\n\n<p>Netanyahu said in a prerecorded video message that it was \u201can important step toward peace\u201d and it was \u201cour goal from Israel\u2019s first day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>He added that any peace accord with the Palestinians would have to include Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital and he urged other countries to follow Trump\u2019s example.<\/p>\n\n<p>Israel deems Jerusalem its eternal and indivisible capital dating to antiquity, and its status is one of the thorniest barriers to a lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Six-Day War<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Israel captured East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed it in a move not recognized internationally.<\/p>\n\n<p>Palestinians claim East Jerusalem for the capital of an independent state they seek.<\/p>\n\n<p>Jerusalem includes the holiest ground in Judaism. It\u2019s also home to Islam\u2019s third-holiest shrine and major Christian sites, and any perceived harm to Muslim claims to the city has triggered protests in the past, in the Holy Land and beyond.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ahead of Trump\u2019s speech, Arab and Muslim leaders spoke about the potential for violence.<\/p>\n\n<p>In Gaza, hundreds of Palestinian protesters burned American and Israeli flags.<\/p>\n\n<p>They also waved Palestinian flags and banners proclaiming Jerusalem as their \u201ceternal capital,\u201d language that Israelis similarly use for their nation.<\/p>\n\n<p>Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in a prerecorded speech, said Jerusalem was the \u201ceternal capital of the State of Palestine\u201d and that Trump\u2019s move was \u201ctantamount to the United States abdicating its role as a peace mediator.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>The last round of US-brokered talks foundered in 2014 over issues including Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and Israeli accusations of Palestinian incitement to violence and refusal to recognize it as a Jewish state.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Flagrant aggression\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which has dominated Gaza since soon after Israel ended a 38-year occupation in 2005, said Trump had committed a \u201cflagrant aggression against the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Egypt, which forged the first Arab peace deal with Israel in 1979, brushed off Trump\u2019s decision and said it did not change Jerusalem\u2019s disputed legal status.<\/p>\n\n<p>Jordan said Trump\u2019s action was \u201clegally null\u201d because it consolidated Israel\u2019s occupation of East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n<p>Lebanese President Michel Aoun said Trump\u2019s decision was dangerous and threatened the credibility of the United States as a broker of Middle East peace.<\/p>\n\n<p>Qatar\u2019s foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Adbulrahman al-Thani, said Trump\u2019s undertaking was a \u201cdeath sentence for all who seek peace\u201d and called it \u201ca dangerous escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Turkey said Trump\u2019s move was \u201cirresponsible.\u201d\u2014<strong><em>WITH REPORTS FROM AP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defying dire, worldwide warnings, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday broke with decades of US and international policy by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":950690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,43],"tags":[145654,647,49785,159558],"byline":[],"source":[],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Arabs, Europe, UN reject Trump recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital | Inquirer 黑料社<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Defying dire, worldwide warnings, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday broke with decades of US and international policy by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arabs, Europe, UN reject Trump recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital | Inquirer 黑料社\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Defying dire, worldwide warnings, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday broke with decades of US and international policy by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@inquirerdotnet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@inquirerdotnet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"clopez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Arabs, Europe, UN reject Trump recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital | Inquirer 黑料社","description":"Defying dire, worldwide warnings, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday broke with decades of US and international policy by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Arabs, Europe, UN reject Trump recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital | Inquirer 黑料社","twitter_description":"Defying dire, worldwide warnings, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday broke with decades of US and international policy by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01.jpg","twitter_creator":"@inquirerdotnet","twitter_site":"@inquirerdotnet","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"clopez","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital"},"author":{"name":"clopez","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#\/schema\/person\/91c1a69d7fdbe2f93c3d8d5bad13d454"},"headline":"Arabs, Europe, UN reject Trump recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital","datePublished":"2017-12-07T23:02:48+00:00","dateModified":"2017-12-07T20:04:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital"},"wordCount":818,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01.jpg","keywords":["Arabs","Europe","Jerusalem","Trump"],"articleSection":["Latest 黑料社 Stories","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2017","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inquirer.net\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital","url":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital","name":"Arabs, Europe, UN reject Trump recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital | Inquirer 黑料社","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01.jpg","datePublished":"2017-12-07T23:02:48+00:00","dateModified":"2017-12-07T20:04:00+00:00","description":"Defying dire, worldwide warnings, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday broke with decades of US and international policy by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2017\/12\/20171207TRUMP01.jpg","width":5340,"height":3560,"caption":"IT\u2019S OFFICIAL US President Donald Trump holds up a newly signed proclamation to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. At right is Vice President Mike Pence. \u2014AP"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/950689\/arabs-europe-un-reject-trump-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"黑料社","item":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Latest 黑料社 Stories","item":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/category\/latest-stories"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Arabs, Europe, UN reject Trump recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/","name":"Inquirer 黑料社","description":"Latest Philippine 黑料社 for Filipinos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#organization","name":"黑料社","url":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2020\/02\/inqdefimg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2020\/02\/inqdefimg.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"黑料社"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inquirerdotnet\/","https:\/\/x.com\/inquirerdotnet","https:\/\/instagram.com\/inquirerdotnet","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/inquirerdotnet"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#\/schema\/person\/91c1a69d7fdbe2f93c3d8d5bad13d454","name":"clopez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ed83e4d8838290a55ec61ca57273d867?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ed83e4d8838290a55ec61ca57273d867?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"clopez"}}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950689"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=950689"},{"taxonomy":"source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/source?post=950689"},{"taxonomy":"column","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/column?post=950689"},{"taxonomy":"editor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/editor?post=950689"},{"taxonomy":"videographer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/videographer?post=950689"},{"taxonomy":"position","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/position?post=950689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}