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Palestinians Seek Weekend Prayers to Protest Possible US Embassy Move

by Associated Press

   RAMALLAH, WEST BANK --

   An official says Palestinian leaders are calling for mosque and church
   prayers "from Pakistan to Tehran, from Lebanon to Oman" this weekend to
   protest the possible move of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to contested
   Jerusalem.

   U.S. President-elect Donald Trump promised such a move during his
   campaign.
   Mohammed Ishtayeh, an adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,
   said Tuesday that the Palestinians were told by "American circles and
   diplomatic friends" that Trump might reaffirm the plan during his Jan.
   20 inaugural speech.
   Ishtayeh says an embassy move would mean "the end of the two-state
   solution" to the conflict and would violate a global consensus.
   The Palestinians seek a future capital in east Jerusalem, captured and
   annexed by Israel in 1967.
   Most countries, including the U.S., maintain embassies in Israel's Tel
   Aviv.