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Palestinians recall envoys to 4 EU nations after US embassy move

AFP . Ramallah, Palestinian Territories
Palestinians throw stones towards Israeli security forces during clashes after a protest marking the 70th anniversary of Nakba -- also known as Day of the Catastrophe in 1948 -- and against the US` relocation of its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, at the main entrance of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on 15 May, 2018. Photo: AFP
Palestinians throw stones towards Israeli security forces during clashes after a protest marking the 70th anniversary of Nakba -- also known as Day of the Catastrophe in 1948 -- and against the US` relocation of its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, at the main entrance of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on 15 May, 2018. Photo: AFP

The Palestinian Authority has recalled its envoys to Romania, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria after their ambassadors attended an Israeli reception marking the US embassy's move to Jerusalem, it said Wednesday.

The statement from the PA's foreign ministry said the EU nations' ambassadors had attended the reception the day before the US opened its Israel embassy in Jerusalem on Monday.

The embassy move and Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel have deeply angered Palestinians, who see the Israeli-annexed eastern sector of the city as the capital of their future state.

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