{"id":8100,"date":"2018-05-02T12:35:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T11:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=8100"},"modified":"2018-05-02T12:35:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T11:35:04","slug":"japan-wont-move-embassy-to-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/japan-wont-move-embassy-to-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan won\u2019t move embassy to Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5739\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Japan1.jpg\" alt=\"Japan\" width=\"265\" height=\"190\" \/>Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday his country has no plans to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to Palestine\u2019s official news agency.<br \/>\nThe statement came during Abe\u2019s official meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, WAFA reported.<br \/>\nThe Japanese leader affirmed his country&#8217;s support for a political process based on the principle of a two-state solution and its readiness to contribute to any effort to achieve peace, WAFA said.<br \/>\nHe stressed the continued support of Japan for projects that contribute toward the building of Palestinian state institutions and infrastructure.<br \/>\nAbbas also stressed that the Palestinian side was and is ready to cooperate for the success of any international effort aimed at coming up with a political process based on United Nations resolutions and the principle of the two-state solution for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital based on the 1967 borders.<br \/>\nHe reiterated his call on the UN Security Council to hold \u201can international peace conference this year that would establish an international multilateral mechanism to oversee the political process\u201d while noting that the U.S. has abandoned its role as \u201can honest peace broker\u201d by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and deciding to move its embassy there.<br \/>\nLast December, U.S. President Donald Trump sparked an outcry across the Arab and Muslim world by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel&#8217;s capital and vowing to relocate Washington&#8217;s embassy to the city.<br \/>\nJerusalem remains at the heart of the Palestine-Israel conflict, with Palestinians hoping that East Jerusalem &#8212; occupied by Israel since 1967 &#8212; might eventually serve as the capital of an independent Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/japan-wont-move-embassy-to-jerusalem\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday his country has no plans to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to Palestine\u2019s official news agency. 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