Palestine blasts Israeli occupation moves

PALESTINIAN leaders blamed US President Donald Trump after Israel’s parliament erected new legal barriers to a two-state solution today.
Under an amendment passed by the Israeli Knesset, any future law dividing Jerusalem between Israel and Palestine will require the approval of a two-thirds super-majority.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh accused the US and Israel of declaring war on his people and their religious and political identity.
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