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Trump¹ Informs Mideast Leaders of US Embassy Move to Jerusalem

U.S. President Donald Trump told Palestinian and Jordanian leaders on Tuesday that he intends to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

A Palestinian spokesman said Trump called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and informed him of his plan. Abbas then warned Trump of what he called “the dangerous consequences such a decision would have to the peace process and to the peace, security and stability of the region and of the world.”

Trump also spoke² with Jordan’s King Abdullah II about his plan.

Trump has not said when the move would happen.

U.S. officials told the Associated Press that they expect Trump to discuss the question of Jerusalem on Wednesday. The officials also said they expect him to make a statement about Jerusalem’s status as the “capital of Israel.”

However, they do not expect the president to use the term “undivided capital.” Those words indirectly³ express that Israel has sovereignty over east Jerusalem, which is not recognized by the United Nations.

Jerusalem is home to important holy sites for Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. It forms the center of the Arab-Israel conflict.

Israel captured the Arab section in east Jerusalem during the Six-Day War in 1967. It then declared the whole city as its capital. The move is not recognized internationally.

Palestinians also want Jerusalem as its future capital.

Under international agreement and long-standing U.S. policy, the fate of Jerusalem is to be decided⁴ in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations⁵.

A recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would greatly change the traditional approach to the Middle East conflict. On Tuesday, warnings against such a move by the U.S. came from leaders across the region.

In Turkey, President Recep Tayip Erdogan said during a meeting of his ruling party, “Mr. Trump, Jerusalem is the red line of Muslims.” A “red line” is the limit beyond which someone should not go without facing severe effects. Erdogan added that those effects could include cutting Turkey’s ties with Israel.

“I am warning the United States not to take such a step which will deepen the problems in the region,” Erdogan said.

A Palestinian diplomat⁶ said recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital could destroy the United States’ role as mediator⁷ between Israelis and Palestinians.

The diplomat, Majdi Khaldi, told the Associated Press, “If the Americans recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, then this would mean they decided, on their own, to distance themselves from efforts to make peace and that they will have no credibility or role in this issue.”

He added that, “We will stop our contacts with them because such a step goes against our existence and against the fate of our cause.”

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry⁸ warned that such a move would “provoke” strong feelings among Muslims around the world.

Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett played down the threat of violence, saying, “At the end of the day, it is better to have a united Jerusalem than Erdogan’s sympathy.”

But Daniel Benjamin, a former U.S. counter terrorism official, told Reuters news agency, ”This is playing with fire.”

I’m Ashley Thompson.

Words in This Story

intend - v. plan to do

consequence - n. something that happens as a result of a particular action

stability - n. the quality or state of being stable

region - n. part of the world

status - n. official position of something

sovereignty - n. power over a country

fate - n. the future that something or someone will have

approach - n. a way of dealing⁹ with something

mediator - n. a person who works with opposing sides in a dispute in order to get an agreement

provoke - v. to cause the occurrence of (a feeling or action) : to make (something) happen

sympathy - n. a feeling of support for something

play with fire - idiom. to take unnecessary and dangerous risk

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 indirectly   

adv.间接地，不直接了当地

参考例句：

• I heard the news indirectly.这消息我是间接听来的。
• They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

6 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

7 mediator   

n.调解人，中介人

参考例句：

• He always takes the role of a mediator in any dispute.他总是在争论中充当调停人的角色。
• He will appear in the role of mediator.他将出演调停者。

8 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

9 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。