Ramallah(May 16, 2018): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas withdrew his top representative to the United States , the foreign ministry announced, a day after the US moved its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem.
Husam Zomlot, the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s office in Washington, would return to the Palestinian territories Wednesday, the statement said.
It did not say how long Zomlot, the most senior Palestinian official in Washington, would be withdrawn for.
The Palestinians reacted furiously to President Donald Trump’s December announcement recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving his country’s embassy there from Tel Aviv.
They consider the eastern part of Jerusalem their capital and countries have long kept their embassies in Tel Aviv, saying the future of the holy city was an issue to be negotiated between the Israelis and Palestinians.
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