{"id":35167,"date":"2017-12-06T01:37:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=35167"},"modified":"2022-02-26T13:46:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T08:46:35","slug":"jerusalem-is-a-red-line-for-muslims-erdogan-warns-us-over-israeli-capital-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=35167","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem is a red line for Muslims: Erdogan warns US over Israeli capital row"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ankara, Dec. 6 (TNS):<\/strong> Turkey’s president has warned it could sever ties with Israel if the US recognises Jerusalem as its capital.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said such a move would cross a “red line” for Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n

Donald Trump called Middle Eastern leaders on Tuesday amid growing warnings against taking the step.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reports say the president will dramatically shift the US position on the status of Jerusalem this week. Its fate is one of the thorniest issues between Israel and the Palestinians.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel has always regarded it as its capital city, while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.<\/span><\/p>\n

If Washington recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, it would be the first country to do so since the foundation of the state in 1948.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a televised speech, Mr Erdogan addressed the US president directly, saying “Mr Trump! Jerusalem is a red line for Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We could go as far as cutting diplomatic ties with Israel over the issue,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Turkey and Israel restored diplomatic relations last year, six years after Turkey severed ties in protest at the killing of nine pro-Palestinian Turkish activists in clashes with Israeli commandos on board a ship trying to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli minister Naftali Bennett rebuffed the Turkish president, saying: “Unfortunately, Erdogan does not miss an opportunity to attack Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

“There will always be those who criticise, but at the end of the day it is better to have a united Jerusalem than Erdogan’s sympathy.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Trump has been having conversations with numerous world leaders a day before his anticipated announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Palestinian spokesman said President Mahmoud Abbas had told Mr Trump that moving the US embassy to Jerusalem would have dangerous consequences. He said Mr Abbas gave the warning after Mr Trump informed him of his intention to move the embassy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jordan’s King Abdullah has taken a similar line on the issue. He told Mr Trump that moving the embassy would have “dangerous repercussions on the stability and security of the region”, a statement from the Jordanian palace said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jordan acts as custodian of the Islamic sites in Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n

The status of Jerusalem goes to the heart of Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians, who are backed by the rest of the Arab and wider Islamic world.
buy free sildenafil citrate online healingtohappy.com\/wp-content\/languages\/en\/free-sildenafil-citrate.html<\/a> no prescription
\n
<\/span><\/p>\n

The city is home to key religious sites sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity, especially in East Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ankara, Dec. 6 (TNS): Turkey’s president has warned it could sever ties with Israel if the US recognises Jerusalem as its capital. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said such a move would cross a “red line” for Muslims. Donald Trump called Middle Eastern leaders on Tuesday amid growing warnings against taking the step. Reports say the president […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[135],"tags":[427],"class_list":["post-35167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ankara","tag-ankara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103863,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35167\/revisions\/103863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}