
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (R) meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) in Ramallah, West Bank on January 31, 2023 [Palestinian Presidency – Anadolu Agency]July 6, 2023 at 3:11 pm
July 6, 2023 READ
The Palestinian Presidency urged the US, on Thursday, to retract plans to build its embassy in Jerusalem because it will be built on Palestinian “private property”, Anadolu Agency reports.
The statement was in response to Israeli approval plans submitted by the US to build the embassy on lands the statement said were confiscated from Palestinian owners by Israel in 1948.
It described the move as “illegal” and “a violation of international law” because it will be built “on private property confiscated in 1948 from Palestinian owners, some of whom are holders of US citizenship”.