A US move to recognize Al-Quds as the Zionist entity’s capital would mean the end of President Donald Trump’s peace efforts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior Palestinian official warned Tuesday.
“That totally destroys any chance that he will play a role as an honest broker,” Nabil Shaath, an adviser to Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas, told journalists.
“That takes away… the deal of the century,” he added, referring to Trump’s pledge to reach an elusive peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians.
Trump on Monday delayed a decision on whether to recognize Al-Quds as the Israeli capital and move the US embassy there.
The White House said Trump would miss a deadline to decide on shifting the embassy from Tel Aviv, after a frantic 48 hours of public warnings from allies and private phone calls between world leaders.
“We have not been asking for anything outside the two-state solution,” Shaath said.
“Mr Trump and his administration are violating that, and therefore they don’t play that game and we don’t play with them that game.”
Source: AFP
