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Muslims at haj blame Arab disunity for Jerusalem embassy move

Muslims at the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia criticised what they described as discordant Arab leaders for failing to block President Donald Trump's decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem after he recognised the city as Israel's capital.

 

It was a reversal of decades of American policy and the embassy opened in May at a high-profile ceremony attended by Trump's daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, the US envoy to the Middle East.

 

The status of Jerusalem - home to sites holy to the Muslim, Jewish and Christian religions - is one of the biggest obstacles to any peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.

 


פרסום ראשון: 08.20.18, 19:52