US Embassy Move Kiss of Death: PLO

The Palestine Liberation Organization’s top representative in the US says the formal recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as the Israeli capital will be the “kiss of death” to so-called peace efforts.

“That would be actually the kiss of death to the two-state solution because Jerusalem is at the very heart of the two-state solution,” said Husam Zomlot on Monday, according to Press TV.

He added that such a move would have “catastrophic consequences,” and that the PLO’s response would be “strategic and political.”

 Zomlot further noted that the measure would undermine the US stated efforts to play the “role of the mediator” and makes the Washington “part of the problem not part of the solution.”

Trump still procrastinating on al-Quds

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has once again postponed his campaign promise on relocated the US diplomatic mission from Tel Aviv to al-Quds.

“The president has been clear on this issue from the get-go: It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when,” claimed White House spokesman Hogan Gidley.

“No action though will be taken on the waiver today and we will declare a decision on the waiver in the coming days,” he added.

Since US Congress ruled in 1995 that the embassy be relocated from Tel Aviv, every president has deferred the troublesome measure by issuing a six-month waiver.

When Trump faced his first deadline back in June, he also refused to keep his campaign pledge to immediately move the embassy.

According to Washington Post, “he acted, reluctantly, on advice from Cabinet heads, Jordanian King Abdullah II and others, who argued that such a move could ignite violence.”

H.M