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Britain\u2019s \u2018special relationship\u2019 with the US has taken a further battering after Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson refused to back President Trump\u2019s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

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World leaders were outraged last month when the 45th president announced his intention to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, calling the holy city the \u201ccapital\u201d<\/em> of Israel. The announcement sparked protests across the occupied Palestinian territories, leading to hundreds of demonstrators being arrested and at least 14 killed, according to the Palestinian health ministry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The occupied territories, and the increasing number of illegal Israeli settlements, have been at the center of decades of conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.<\/p>\n

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Trump cemented his support for Israel, when he recognized Jerusalem as its capital, reportedly against the advice of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.<\/p>\n

The UK refused to follow the move, and now Johnson, on behalf of Prime Minister Theresa May\u2019s administration, has reinforced the opposition to Trump\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

“I reiterated the UK\u2019s commitment to supporting the Palestinian people and the two-state solution, the urgent need for renewed peace negotiations, and the UK\u2019s clear and long-standing position on the status of Jerusalem,”<\/em> Johnson said.<\/p>\n

“It should be determined in a negotiated settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and Jerusalem should ultimately be the shared capital of the Israeli and Palestinian states.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Johnson made his comments talking to the Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki on Monday, a statement from Britain’s Foreign Office said.<\/p>\n

In recent months tensions between the UK and the US have grown, with May\u2019s influence over Trump seemingly waning.<\/p>\n

Divisions became apparent when the president refused to stop a court case between aviation chiefs at Bombardier and Boeing, a US company. Boeing moved to add huge, punishing tariffs on the Canadian company\u2019s C-series planes, meaning the program could be ended, costing thousands of jobs in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

May also hit out at Trump after he shared videos on Twitter from far-right group Britain First.<\/p>\n

Trump then told May to concentrate on her own house and to leave his Twitter alone, in a spat which could see the scrapping of Trump\u2019s visit to open the new US embassy in the UK.<\/p>\n