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China has warned that US President Donald Trump's plan to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital could fuel tensions in the region.
![Prime Minister Liz Truss Attends The United Nations General Assembly [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/1243411285.jpeg?h=92c59710&itok=igNJ39bi)
Following in the steps of former US president Trump in 2018, the new UK prime minister has voiced readiness to move her country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Honduras has transferred its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in a bid to boost ties with the Jewish state, becoming the fourth nation since the US first made the controversial move in 2018.
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Papua New Guinea is only the fifth country in the world to open an embassy in West Jerusalem, with its prime minister claiming the move was 'inspired by God'.
Israel has pushed for more countries to move their embassies to Jerusalem, despite general consensus against this.
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday said Paraguay will transfer its embassy to Jerusalem in 2023.
The US president said the move made Evangelicals 'more excited' than Jewish people.
Israel's prime minister is set to discuss the possibility of the US President Donald Trump opening the new US embassy in Jerusalem.
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The Arab world is reacting in anger after Trump's shocking decision to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a break from previous US policy
The new US embassy opened in the contested city on 14 May as Israeli soldiers killed at least 60 Palestinians who protested near the Gaza border.