UN Security Council to vote today on draft rejecting US decision on Jerusalem
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December 17, 2017

UN Security Council to vote today on draft rejecting US decision on Jerusalem

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – The UN Security Council will vote today on a draft resolution that would reject US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, diplomats said.

Egypt requested the vote on Sunday, a day after it presented the measure that is likely to be vetoed by the United States.

Breaking with the international consensus, Trump this month announced that he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv, sparking protests and strong condemnation.

US Vice-President Mike Pence will visit Jerusalem on Wednesday, wading into the crisis over one of the most controversial issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israel seized control of the eastern part of the city in the 1967 Middle East war and sees the whole of Jerusalem as its undivided capital. The Palestinians view the east as the capital of their future state.

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