World leaders warn peace process doomed after Trump announcement
By Tovah Lazaroff, Michael Wilner
December 6, 2017 22:37
Even the Trump administration’s closest allies in the Arab world, on which it based its upcoming Mideast peace initiative, strongly condemned his embassy decision.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
World leaders warned that US President Donald Trump may have doomed the peace process and called for calm in the wake of violent threats from the Arab world. “The EU calls on all actors on the ground and in the wider region to show calm and restraint in order to prevent any escalation,” EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said.
The EU is concerned about the “repercussions this may have on the prospect of peace,” she said. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also expressed concern in New York. “I have consistently spoken out against any unilateral measures that would jeopardize the prospect of peace for Israelis and Palestinians,” Guterres said.
“I understand the deep attachment that Jerusalem holds in the hearts of so many people. It has been so for centuries and it will always be. In this moment of great anxiety, I want to make it clear : there is no alternative to the two-state solution. There is no Plan B.,” Guterres said.
By Tovah Lazaroff, Michael Wilner
December 6, 2017 22:37
Even the Trump administration’s closest allies in the Arab world, on which it based its upcoming Mideast peace initiative, strongly condemned his embassy decision.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
World leaders warned that US President Donald Trump may have doomed the peace process and called for calm in the wake of violent threats from the Arab world. “The EU calls on all actors on the ground and in the wider region to show calm and restraint in order to prevent any escalation,” EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said.
The EU is concerned about the “repercussions this may have on the prospect of peace,” she said. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also expressed concern in New York. “I have consistently spoken out against any unilateral measures that would jeopardize the prospect of peace for Israelis and Palestinians,” Guterres said.
“I understand the deep attachment that Jerusalem holds in the hearts of so many people. It has been so for centuries and it will always be. In this moment of great anxiety, I want to make it clear : there is no alternative to the two-state solution. There is no Plan B.,” Guterres said.
