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Trump pours gasoline on peace process
US sop to Israel threatens to spark new violence

PALESTINE warned yesterday that US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would “destroy the peace process” and fuel violence across the Middle East.

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and Foreign Minister Riyad Malki briefed EU diplomats in the occupied Palestinian capital Ramallah before US President Donald Trump’s expected announcement.

Mr Hamdallah said the move would “destroy the peace process and the two-state solution.”

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