Amid mounting security concerns for personnel and citizens abroad, the U.S. government is requesting that Israel “restrain” its response to the news that Washington will recognize Jerusalem as the country’s capital, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a State Department document. “While I recognize that you will publicly welcome this news, I ask that you restrain your official response,” the document reads, outlining talking points for U.S. diplomats meeting with their Israeli counterparts. "The youth and the Palestinian resistance in the West Bank need to respond with all means available to the U.S. decision that harms our Jerusalem,” Hamas said in a statement. The peace process is finished. “They cannot take us for granted.”The U.S. decision “destroys the peace process,” added Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.

Source: Fox News December 07, 2017 09:46 UTC