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EU backs Jerusalem as joint capital

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EU: Never recognised the annexation of East Jerusalem European Union foreign ministers have agreed that Jerusalem should be the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state following two days of talks in Brussels.
The ministers dropped an earlier proposal by the Swedish EU presidency to explicitly support the idea of East Jerusalem as the eventual capital of Palestine.

The meeting adopted a text stating that Jerusalem should provide "the future capital of the two states," as part of a negotiated settlement.

The Israeli government had denounced the Swedish proposal, calling it a "dangerous" threat to peace efforts and saying it would undermine the EU's role as a Middle East peace mediator.

Click here to read the complete article sourced from Al Jazeera, 8th December 2009

Inside Story production prior to discussions in Brussels (6th December 2009) :-

Report sent to EU Foreign Ministers to address key inconsistencies in their approach to the Israeli Problem and the Middle East Peace Process in September 2009

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