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Palestine's Foreign Ministry summoned Romania's envoy for explanations on Wednesday to clarify statements from the ruling Social Democratic Party leader Liviu Dragnea in which he supported moving Romania's Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Israel has been in contact with at least ten countries to move their embassies to Jerusalem, following the example of the United States, said Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotatli, the BNT reported.

Locals in the Black Sea province of Trabzon were outraged after seeing a Portuguese tourist leaning against a model of al-Aqsa Mosque, placed recently in the city during protests against U.S.’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Pope Francis used his Christmas message on Monday to call for a negotiated two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after U.S. President Donald Trump stoked regional tensions with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Reuters reported.

United States President Donald Trump had miscalculated the reactions he would receive when he had declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel, by expecting the reaction from the Islamic world to be low-profile due to the conflicts in the region.

Israel has ordered the deportation of two of three Turks who were briefly detained during Palestinian demonstrations last week after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, an Israeli Interior Ministry spokeswoman said on Dec. 25.

The UN General Assembly on Dec. 21 opened an emergency session to vote on a motion rejecting U.S recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.u

The UN General Assembly on Dec. 21 opened an emergency session to vote on a motion rejecting U.S recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.u

The US ambassador to the UN has warned member states that Donald Trump will take a vote on his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital "personally," and she will report back to him on nay-sayers at the UN General Assembly.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will travel to the U.S. on Dec. 20 to attend the voting on a draft resolution rejecting the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital at the United Nations, private broadcaster CNN Türk has reported.