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Monday, July 30, 2012

Israel: Palestinians angered over Romney's claim

Haaretz

Romney calling Jerusalem Israel's capital is 'unacceptable,' says Erekat

In a speech in Jerusalem on Sunday evening that followed a day of meetings with Israel's leaders, Romney said it was a 'moving experience to be in Jerusalem," which he described as, "Israel's capital.' 

Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said on Monday that presumptive Republican candidate Mitt Romney's assertion that Jerusalem is Israel's capital is "absolutely unacceptable." 

In a speech in Jerusalem on Sunday evening that followed a day of meetings with Israel's leaders, Romney said it was a "moving experience to be in Jerusalem," and described the city as "Israel's capital." He suggested that he would move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem if he were elected president.  

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