Trump Delays Moving Embassy to Jerusalem
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Trump stage are also at stake, as is the envi- Population touches ronment. 2.7mn for fi rst time AFP Nicaragua and Syria are the only Qatar’s population has touched a Washington countries not party to the Paris accord, new high of 2.7mn, according to the the former seeing it as not ambitious Ministry of Development Planning enough and the latter being racked by a and Statistics (MDPS). According resident Donald Trump yester- brutal civil war. to figures released by the ministry day announced America’s with- Trump’s long wind-up prompted yesterday, the population went Trump delays moving Pdrawal from the Paris climate fi erce lobbying, with his environmental up by 0.9%, compared to the April deal, signalling a policy shift with protection chief Scott Pruitt and chief figure of 2,675,522. At the end of May wide-ranging repercussions for the strategist Steve Bannon urging the 31, 2016, the figure was 2,587,000, climate and Washington’s ties with the president to leave. which was 28,000 more than world. A dozen large companies including the previous month’s 2,559,000. embassy to Jerusalem In a highly anticipated statement oil major BP, agrochemical giant Du- Usually from the end of June, the from the White House Rose Garden, Pont, Google, Intel and Microsoft, have population sees a gradual fall until AFP But since coming to offi ce in Janu- sion to maximise the chances of suc- Trump said the United States would also urged Trump to remain part of the the end of September as a number of Washington ary, Trump has met with Israeli and cessfully negotiating a deal between abandon the current deal – but was deal. expatriates go on vacation. Last year, Palestinian leaders both in Wash- Israel and the Palestinians, fulfi lling open to negotiating a new one. Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk almost 110,000 residents travelled ington and in a visit to the region last his solemn obligation to defend Amer- “As of today, the United States will said he would have “no choice” but to out of the country during June on resident Donald Trump yesterday week and has committed himself to ica’s national security interests,” it ex- cease all implementation of the non- leave White House-backed business vacation, according to the MDPS postponed moving the US embas- seeking a long-elusive fi nal peace deal plained. binding Paris accord and the draconian councils if Trump pulls out. statistics. Psy in Israel to Jerusalem, avoiding between them. “But, as he has repeatedly stated his fi nancial and economic burdens the On the diplomatic front, German a provocative step as he tries to revive Congress passed a law in 1995 mak- intention to move the embassy, the agreement imposes on our country,” Chancellor Angela Merkel led the “re- WORLD | Aviation the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. ing it US policy to move the embassy question is not if that move happens, Trump said. main” camp, publicly describing the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin to Jerusalem, symbolically endorsing but only when.” “We’re getting out but we’ll start to deal as “essential,” and suggesting other Laptop ban ‘impacting Netanyahu, who welcomed Trump to Israel’s claim on the city as its capital. Netanyahu’s offi ce expressed disap- negotiate and we will see if we can make countries would press ahead regardless. Middle East-US traffi c’ the city last week, expressed disap- But the law also allowed each presi- pointment, but not anger. a deal that’s fair. And if we can, that’s Trump raised alarm bells when he Restrictions on bringing large pointment at the delay but made it dent to issue and renew a six-month “Maintaining embassies outside great. And if we can’t, that’s fi ne.” refused to sign up to a pledge on the electronic devices into the cabins clear he still values Trump’s support. waiver on carrying out the move. the capital drives peace further away Although details and the timeframe deal at last week’s G7 meeting in Italy. on planes on certain routes to the Palestinian leaders were relieved by Yesterday, the stay came up for re- by helping keep alive the Palestinian are still unclear, Trump argued that the Merkel on Saturday labelled the re- United States are having an eff ect a decision that they said “gives peace a newal for the fi rst time on Trump’s fantasy that the Jewish people and the agreement was a bad deal for Ameri- sult of the “six against one” discussion on traff ic between Middle East and chance,” and a spokesman for UN Sec- watch, and he followed the example Jewish state have no connection to Je- cans and that he was keeping a cam- “very diffi cult, not to say very unsatis- the United States, a global airlines retary General Antonio Guterres said of Bill Clinton, George W Bush and rusalem,” a statement said. paign promise to put American workers factory.” association said yesterday. Overall he hoped the “wise decision” would Barack Obama in instructing his sec- “Though Israel is disappointed that fi rst. European Commission President demand for air travel rose 10.7% in help revive the peace process. retary of state to hold off on the move. the embassy will not move at this time, “I cannot, in good conscience, sup- Jean-Claude Juncker was less diplo- April, but the growth rate for the On the campaign trail, Trump re- “No one should consider this step to we appreciate today’s expression of port a deal that punishes the United matic, all but accusing the US presi- Middle East airlines was slower than peatedly pledged that he would shift be in any way a retreat from the presi- President Trump’s friendship to Israel States, which is what it does,” Trump dent of being ill-informed. its five-year average growth pace, the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusa- dent’s strong support for Israel and for and his commitment to moving the said. “I am a transatlanticist. But if the US a trend not seen in other regions, lem claimed as capital by both Israel the United States-Israel alliance,” the embassy in the future.” The White House has told allies president in the next hours and days the International Air Transport and its Palestinian neighbours, and White House said in a written state- Hussam Zomlot, Palestinian am- the 2015 deal was signed by President says that he will get out of the Paris ac- Association said. In March, traff ic he appointed a US ambassador who ment. bassador to the United States, also is- Barack Obama out of “desperation.” cord, then it’s the responsibility of Eu- measured in revenue passenger shares this goal. “President Trump made this deci- sued a statement. Trump faced last-minute pressure rope to say: that’s not acceptable.” kilometres between the Middle from business tycoons, foreign allies He noted that it would likely take East and the United States fell by and from inside his own White House three or four years to exit from the Paris 2.8% year-on-year, the first drop in not to pull out of the 196-party accord. deal, and revealed that world leaders at least seven years. “It’s too early Ever the showman, the 70-year-old had sought to explain that to Trump at to be absolutely sure, but we think gave his decision a reality TV-style the G7 summit. these numbers are indicative of Temperature expected to fall marginally tease, refusing to indicate his prefer- “As it appears, that attempt failed,” some impact on travel,” IATA chief ence either way until his announce- said Juncker. economist Brian Pearce said. he Qatar Met department has visibility yesterday. by the beginning of Monday. ment. Hours ahead of Trump’s announce- said the maximum tempera- In a report yesterday, the Met de- As the wind activity continues, the His decision could seriously hamper ment, China’s Premier Li Keqiang also ARAB WORLD | Confl ict Tture is expected to come down partment said the northwesterly report states, the temperature will eff orts to cut emissions and limit global pledged to stay the course on imple- to the early 40C levels over the com- winds will continue to be strong in decrease as compared to the past few temperature increases.