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Kosovo normalizes ties with Israel, recognizes Jerusalem as capital
Kosovo normalizes ties with Israel, recognizes Jerusalem as capital

Kosovo normalizes ties with Israel, recognizes Jerusalem as capital

Israel and Kosovo establish diplomatic ties on Monday, with the Muslim-majority territory recognizing Jerusalem as the Jewish state’s capital, putting it at odds with the rest of the Islamic world, the Times of Israel reports.

In a ceremony held over Zoom in Jerusalem and Pristina, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and his counterpart from Kosovo Meliza Haradinaj Stublla sign a joint declaration establishing ties.

Ashkenazi says he has approved Kosovo’s “formal request to open an embassy in Jerusalem.”