Published: 7 May 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Decision to relocate into the disputed city in the same week as Israel’s 70th anniversary raises concerns of increased tension
Trump to ask Israel to withdraw from four East Jerusalem neighbourhoods (Jerusalem Post)
The Trump administration will ask Israel to withdraw from four Arab neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, which will likely become the capital of a future Palestinian state, US officials told Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman during his visit to Washington last week.
News of the demand come less than two weeks before the US Embassy officially moves to Jerusalem on May 14.
Photo: Israeli army fires tear-gas at Palestinian protesters during clashes on Friday 4 May. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA

