Santiago: Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday in Chile that US President Donald Trump’s decision to move Washington’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem violates international law.
“It takes away legitimacy from the US as an intermediary in the (Israeli-Palestinian) conflict with its support and alliance with the State of Israel,” added Abbas during an appearance before reporters along with his Chilean counterpart and host, Sebastian Piñera, at La Moneda Palace, Efe reported.
The Palestinian leader said that he had worked to hold peace negotiations based on international law and “the two-state resolution with the 1967 borders,” and he reiterated that Jerusalem has been an “occupied city since 2017” and is the capital of the state of Palestine.
Trump promised last December to move Washington’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a decision that poses a challenge to the international consensus not to recognize any sovereignty over the latter city until Israelis and Palestinians conclude a peace accord.
