Saeb Erekat, secretary of the PLO's executive committee, on Monday strongly criticized U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s speech at the Knesset in which he said the United States embassy in Israel would move to Jerusalem by the end of 2019.

Erekat called the speech a "crusade" that constitutes a "gift to the extremists" and proves that the American government is part of the problem and not part of the solution.


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