Sunday, November 13, 2016

Palestine's Envoy to UN Promises Payback if America Moves Embassy to Jerusalem

Palestine's envoy to the UN has said there will be repercussions should President-elect Donald Trump follow through on promises he made during his campaign to move America's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.


Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s permanent observer to the UN, said he could make life "miserable" for US diplomats if the move takes place, the Times of Israel reports.

"If people attack us by moving the embassy to Jerusalem, which is a violation of Security Council resolutions, it is a violation of resolution 181 of the UN general assembly that was drafted by the US … it means they are showing belligerency towards us," Mansour said during the annual conference of the Palestine Center in Washington November 11, Haaretz reports.


  • "If they do that nobody should blame us for unleashing all of the weapons that we have in the UN to defend ourselves, and we have a lot of weapons in the UN." 


During his presidential campaign, Trump and some of his advisers said they would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and would move the US embassy there.
 [sputniknews.com]
13/11/16
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