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Fatah official in Lebanon: Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by Trump, "the crazy fool," was a “cruel decision”

Official PA radio station The Voice of Palestine program We Shall Return, on the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, interview with Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Popular Committee of the Ein Al-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon Samer Al-Sayid

Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Popular Committee of the Ein Al-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon Samer Al-Sayid: “We emphasize that this decision [recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital], which was declared by the crazy fool [US President Donald] Trump, is a cruel decision.”

US recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel - On Dec. 6, 2017, US President Donald Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and instructed the State Department to begin preparations to transfer the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Trump added that the final borders of Jerusalem will be determined during negotiations.

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