US President Donald Trump has said that Washington will open a new embassy in East Jerusalem, where a proposed new Palestinian capital will exist, under his freshly unveiled Middle East peace plan.

Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday, Trump said that he will “proudly open an embassy” in the capital if the plan is accepted.

Trump’s 80-page peace plan for Israel and Palestine proposes a two-state solution which will be negotiated on the basis of a conceptual and detailed proposed map.He said the plan will “more than double” Palestinian territory and no Israelis or Palestinians will be uprooted.

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Source: RT