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The state department said the freeze would remain in place until Islamabad took action against the Haqqani network and the Afghan Taliban. ...

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The state department said the freeze would remain in place until Islamabad took action against the Haqqani network and the Afghan Taliban.</div>
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Earlier this week, President Trump accused Pakistan of lying and deceiving the US while receiving billions in aid.</div>
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<img alt="Pakistani paramilitary soldiers take positions near to the supporters of religous group "Tehrik Labayk Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA)" during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, 26 November 2017." src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/11D43/production/_99472037_85584532-6bbd-4399-8385-f419d93167a0.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></div>
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The Pakistan government has forcefully pushed back against the US, a key ally.</div>
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After the earlier comments by Mr Trump it called attacks on it by US officials "incomprehensible" and said they "negated the decades of sacrifices made by the Pakistani nation".</div>
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The US stance has been praised by India and Afghanistan, but China, which is investing tens of billions in Pakistan, has backed it.</div>
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The Trump administration had already delayed handing over $255m (£188m) in military aid to Pakistan.</div>
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In announcing the restrictions, state department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said she could not yet put a dollar value on how much aid was being cut.</div>
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She said the US government considered that the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network were "destabilising the region and also targeting US personnel".</div>
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On Thursday, the state department also placed Pakistan on a special watch list for "severe violations of religious freedom".</div>
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Longstanding grievance</h2>
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The US and others have long complained that Pakistan gives safe haven to the Afghan Taliban and their allies, the Haqqani network, allowing them to carry out cross-border attacks in Afghanistan. That's something Islamabad denies but President Trump has escalated the criticism since he took office.</div>
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Pakistan reluctantly joined Washington's War on Terror after the 9/11 attacks and has received billions of dollars in assistance as a result. That funding has been falling for some time because of US frustrations, but the uneasy relationship continued, as America needs the cooperation Pakistan does provide.</div>
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The Pakistanis say they've suffered great losses from the longstanding war against Islamist networks and are furious that Mr Trump fails to acknowledge the role they've played.</div>
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Who are the militants Pakistan is alleged to support?</h2>
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The Haqqani network is a militant group that focuses most of its activities on neighbouring Afghanistan, which has complained for years that Pakistan allows it to operate unimpeded from its soil across the border.</div>
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The group is linked to the Afghan Taliban - a hardline Islamic movement that poses a major threat to the Afghan government. Pakistani Taliban groups, while associated with the Afghan Taliban, focus on attacks within Pakistan.</div>
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Both the Haqqani Network and the Afghan Taliban have launched attacks in Afghanistan that have killed US forces, and US officials have long argued that Pakistan, and specifically its ISI intelligence service, provides safe havens to them.</div>
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The New York Times has reported that US officials were last year denied access by Pakistani officials to a member of the Haqqani network who they believed could help with information on an American hostage.</div>
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Why would Pakistan support them?</h2>
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Pakistan has long been accused of using the Afghan Taliban to further its foreign policy interests in the country. The ISI first became involved in funding and training militants in Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion in 1979.</div>
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Although since 2001 Pakistan has allowed its territory to be used to supply international troops during the war in Afghanistan, and co-operated with the West in fighting some terrorists groups like al-Qaeda, analysts say it has continued to give shelter and support to Afghan insurgents.</div>
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Its aim has been to limit the influence in Afghanistan of its chief regional rival, India.</div>
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Earlier this month, Mr Trump took that step amid international criticism. "They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billio...

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Earlier this month, Mr Trump took that step amid international criticism.</div>
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"Let them vote against us. We'll save a lot. We don't care."</div>
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His comments come ahead of a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution opposing any recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.</div>
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The draft resolution does not mention the US, but says any decisions on Jerusalem should be cancelled.</div>
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Earlier, US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley warned member states that President Trump had asked her to report on "who voted against us" on Thursday.</div>
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Analysis</h2>
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President Trump and Ambassador Haley are trying to use American muscle rather than diplomacy to convince countries to vote their way. From Washington's perspective, recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital and deciding to move its embassy there is its sovereign right.</div>
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But that's not how the majority of countries at the United Nations see it.</div>
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The strongest repudiation came, unsurprisingly, from Washington's critics.</div>
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Meanwhile, many US allies are brushing off the tough rhetoric as an empty threat.</div>
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A senior diplomat told me it was clear that the Trump administration was determined to take a stand for Israel at the UN, but he doubted that Washington would cut aid to, say, Egypt - which sponsored the failed Security Council measure on which the General Assembly draft resolution is based.</div>
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What is certain is that the US will be isolated in the General Assembly on Thursday as the rest of the world once again tells President Trump that it does not agree with his decision on Jerusalem.</div>
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The status of Jerusalem goes to the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.</div>
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Israel occupied the east of the city, previously occupied by Jordan, in the 1967 Middle East war and regards the entire city as its indivisible capital.</div>
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The Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state and its final status is meant to be discussed in the latter stages of peace talks.</div>
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Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem has never been recognised internationally, and all countries currently maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv. However, President Trump has told the US state department to start work on moving the US embassy.</div>
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The 193-member UN General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the request of Arab and Muslim states, who condemned Mr Trump's decision to reverse decades of US policy earlier this month.</div>
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The Palestinians called for the meeting after the US vetoed a Security Council resolution, which affirmed that any decisions on the status of Jerusalem were "null and void and must be rescinded", and urged all states to "refrain from the establishment of diplomatic missions in the holy city".</div>
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The other 14 members of the Security Council voted in favour of the draft, but Ms Haley described it as an "insult".</div>
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The non-binding resolution put forward by Turkey and Yemen for the General Assembly vote mirrors the vetoed Security Council draft.</div>
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The Palestinian permanent observer at the UN, Riyad Mansour, said he hoped there would be "overwhelming support" for the resolution.</div>
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But on Tuesday, Ms Haley warned in a letter to dozens of member states that encouraged them to "know that the president and the US take this vote personally".</div>
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<img alt="Ukraine ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko (L) and UK ambassador Matthew Rycroft (2L) vote in favour of a draft resolution on Jerusalem at the UN Security Council on 18 December 2017" src="https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/6265/production/_99298152_mediaitem99298070.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></div>
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"The president will be watching this vote carefully and has requested I report back on those countries who voted against us. We will take note of each and every vote on this issue," she wrote, according to journalists who were shown the letter.</div>
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"The president's announcement does not affect final status negotiations in any way, including the specific boundaries of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem," she added. "The president also made sure to support the status quo of Jerusalem's holy sites."</div>
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Ms Haley echoed the warning on Twitter, writing: "The US will be taking names."</div>
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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, accused the US of intimidation.</div>
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"We see that the United States, which was left alone, is now resorting to threats. No honourable, dignified country would bow down to this pressure," Mr Cavusoglu told a joint news conference in Ankara on Wednesday before travelling to New York.</div>
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Nikki Haley said Iran's actions threatened to drag the world "deeper into a broadening regional conflict".</div>
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The missile was shot down by Saudi Arabia's military on Tuesday. There were no reports of any damage.</div>
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Iran denies arming Houthi rebels in Yemen who are fighting Yemen's government and a Saudi-led coalition.</div>
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The Houthis' Al Masirah TV reported that a Burkan H2 ballistic missile had been targeted at a royal palace in Riyadh.</div>
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Addressing the UN Security Council in New York, Mrs Haley said the missile "bears all the hallmarks of previous attacks using Iranian-provided weapons".</div>
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"We must all act co-operatively to expose the crimes of the Tehran regime and do whatever is needed to make sure they get the message. If we do not, then Iran will bring the world deeper into a broadening regional conflict," she said.</div>
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She suggested a list of measures the council could take against Tehran but Russia, which has friendly relations with Iran, signalled it would not support them.</div>
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A report on Al Masirah's website said the launch was "in response to the heinous crimes committed by the US-Saudi aggression against the people of Yemen".</div>
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The missile had targeted a "meeting of the leadership of the Saudi regime in al-Yamama Palace in Riyadh", during which Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was expected to discuss the kingdom's annual budget, Al Masirah said.</div>
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The palace is the main headquarters of the king's office and the royal court.</div>
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Minutes later, Saudi state-run Al Ikhbariya TV reported that a missile had been intercepted south of the capital.</div>
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Videos posted online showed a white cloud above the city and the sound of an explosion.</div>
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Coalition spokesman Col Turki al-Maliki said the missile was intercepted by a Patriot missile south of the city.</div>
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He said the attack proved the "continued involvement" of Iran in supporting the Houthis.</div>
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Another Burkan H2 came close to hitting Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on 4 November.</div>
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Saudi officials said US-supplied Patriot batteries had also intercepted the missile in flight. But analysts have since cast doubt on that assertion and said the missile's warhead landed close to the domestic terminal.</div>
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The US, which backs the coalition's military campaign in Yemen, later said it had "undeniable" evidence that the missile had been made in Iran.</div>
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Saudi Arabia intervened in its neighbour's civil war in March 2015 partly to counter perceived Iranian influence on the Houthis, which champion the Zaidi Shia minority.</div>
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Iran has denied backing the rebels militarily and insisted that the missile launches are "independent actions" in response to Saudi-led coalition aggression.</div>
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More than 8,670 people have been killed and 49,960 injured since the coalition intervened in Yemen's war, according to the UN.</div>
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The fighting and the coalition blockade have also left 20.7 million people in need of humanitarian aid, created the world's largest food security emergency and led to a cholera outbreak that is thought to have killed 2,219 people since April.</div>
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The organisation "has outrageously been one of the world's foremost centres of hostility towards Israel", she said. Mrs Hal...

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The organisation "has outrageously been one of the world's foremost centres of hostility towards Israel", she said.</div>
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Mrs Haley was addressing an emergency meeting of the Security Council called after President Donald Trump's decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.</div>
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The move has been widely condemned and sparked clashes in the West Bank.</div>
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Israel has carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip, injuring a number of people, after Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israeli territory.</div>
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Two Palestinian men died after Israeli troops fired on crowds in Gaza during clashes earlier on Friday.</div>
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Tensions remain high across the Middle East after Mr Trump announced the US would recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing decades of US neutrality on the matter.</div>
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Israel has always regarded Jerusalem as its capital, while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem - occupied by Israel in the 1967 war - as the capital of a future Palestinian state.</div>
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Mrs Haley said the decision "recognises the obvious; that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel".</div>
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She said the US continued to be "committed to achieving a lasting peace agreement", and accused the UN of bias.</div>
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"Israel will never be, and never should be, bullied into an agreement by the United Nations or by any collection of countries that have proven their disregard for Israel's security."</div>
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The Palestinian representative, Riyad Mansour, said Mr Trump's move meant the US could no longer be seen as a broker of peace.</div>
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"Complicity must be recognised," he said.</div>
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Israel's representative, Danny Danon, thanked the US for what he called "a milestone for Israel, for peace, and for the world".</div>
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Also on Friday:</div>
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Where has there been violence?</h2>
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In the West Bank, Israeli forces clashed with Palestinians in the cities of Bethlehem, Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus, as well as smaller locations.</div>
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Israel had deployed extra battalions to the West Bank in anticipation of violence after Palestinian leaders called for protests after Friday prayers.</div>
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At least 217 Palestinians were wounded in confrontations in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Palestinian medics said.</div>
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Elsewhere, demonstrations against Mr Trump's announcement have spread.</div>
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Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters held noisy demonstrations in Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Turkey, Tunisia and Iran.</div>
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Further afield, protesters rallied in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indian-administered Kashmir and Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country.</div>
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Why does Trump's announcement matter?</h2>
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Jerusalem is of huge importance to both Israel and the Palestinians. It contains sites sacred to the three major monotheistic faiths - Judaism, Islam and Christianity.</div>
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Israel occupied the eastern sector - previously occupied by Jordan - in 1967, and annexed it in 1980, but the move has never been recognised internationally.</div>
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Some 330,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem, along with about 200,000 Israeli Jews in a dozen settlements there. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel does not regard them as settlements but legitimate neighbourhoods.</div>
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According to the 1993 Israel-Palestinian peace accords, the final status of Jerusalem is meant to be discussed in the latter stages of peace talks.</div>
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The last round of talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke down in 2014 and while the US is formulating fresh proposals, Palestinian officials have said Mr Trump's announcement has disqualified the US from brokering future negotiations.</div>
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Mr Trump phoned several regional leaders on Tuesday to tell them he intended to move it from Tel Aviv.</div>
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman told the US leader that any such move would provoke Muslims around the world.</div>
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The calls came amid speculation that Mr Trump could recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital on Wednesday.</div>
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He is scheduled to deliver remarks and White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said he was "pretty solid" in his thinking on the issue.</div>
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The city's fate is one of the thorniest issues between Israel and the Palestinians.</div>
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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.</div>
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King Salman told Mr Trump that the relocation of the embassy or recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital "would constitute a flagrant provocation of Muslims, all over the world", the official Saudi Press Agency reported.</div>
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Meanwhile, US government employees and their families have been barred from personal travel in Jerusalem's Old City and the West Bank for security reasons ahead of planned protests.</div>
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In other reaction from leaders who spoke to Mr Trump:</div>
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Official statements from the Palestinian Authority and Jordan confirmed that Mr Abbas and King Abdullah were told of Mr Trump's intention to move the embassy, while the Saudi reports did not say so explicitly.</div>
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None of the leaders said if Mr Trump had specified when the embassy move would take place. He promised the move during his campaign for the presidency.</div>
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Israel has always regarded Jerusalem as its capital city, while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.</div>
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Reports suggest Mr Trump will sign a waiver to keep the embassy in Tel Aviv for six more months, while committing to a move.</div>
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The White House only said the president discussed potential decisions regarding Jerusalem with all the Middle East leaders he spoke to on Tuesday, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</div>
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Israel preparing for violence</h2>
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Earlier, Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned his country could sever ties with Israel if the US recognised Jerusalem as its capital.</div>
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Ismail Haniya, the chief of the Islamist Hamas group that runs Gaza, said a shift of the embassy and recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital would cross "every red line".</div>
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What makes Jerusalem so holy?</div>
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France, the European Union and the Arab League have also spoken out to express concern.</div>
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Israel's intelligence minister Israel Katz told Army Radio that he expected Mr Trump would recognise Jerusalem as his country's capital and said that Israel was "preparing for every option", including an outbreak of violence.</div>
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What is so contentious about Jerusalem's status?</h2>
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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.</div>
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The city is home to key religious sites sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity, especially in East Jerusalem.</div>
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<img alt="A general view shows part of Jerusalem" src="https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/D1AC/production/_99067635_454bb322-ca80-4ca8-9f3c-d72408950bcc.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></div>
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Israel occupied the sector, previously occupied by Jordan, in the 1967 Middle East war and regards the entire city as its indivisible capital.</div>
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The Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state, and according to 1993 Israel-Palestinian peace accords, its final status is meant to be discussed in the latter stages of peace talks.</div>
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Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem has never been recognised internationally, and all countries, including Israel's closest ally the US, maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv.</div>
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Since 1967, Israel has built a dozen settlements, home to about 200,000 Jews, in East Jerusalem. These are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.</div>
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If the US recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital, it would reinforce Israel's position that settlements in the east are valid Israeli communities.</div>
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[BBC SOURCES]</div>

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