(AFP) - An Arab League official said Sunday the organization hopes United States President Donald Trump will retract his campaign pledge to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Said Abu Ali told reporters in Cairo, "The position expressed by President Trump while campaigning needs to be more cautious."
Abu Ali said, "Transferring the American embassy to Jerusalem would be aggression against the rights of the Palestinian people in their eternal capital east Jerusalem." He said it would violate United Nations Security Council resolutions and be "a retreat from the historical American position" on the city's status.