{"id":445308,"date":"2017-12-09T10:30:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T10:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/prof-oquayes-comments-on-jerusalem-his-personal-view-government\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T10:30:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T10:30:39","slug":"prof-oquayes-comments-on-jerusalem-his-personal-view-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/prof-oquayes-comments-on-jerusalem-his-personal-view-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Oquaye\u2019s comments on Jerusalem his personal view \u2013 Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  9 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20294427.295.jpg\" alt=\"Speaker Mike Oquaye213\" title=\"Speaker Mike Oquaye213\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512815439_307_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The government has distanced itself from comments made by the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, acknowledging Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, days after the United States had issued similar sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>The US state department has been directed by President Donald Trump to begin moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>The US\u2019 decision is viewed as having hefty consequences because of the standing of Jerusalem to Israel and the Palestinians; two counties that have been in conflict for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem has never been recognised as all countries situate their embassies in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>East Jerusalem, was annexed by Israel after the Six Day War of 1967 and has not been recognised as part of Israel until the US\u2019 decision.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Israeli media network, i24NEWS on Tuesday in relation to these developments, Prof. Oquaye said Ghana would abide with Israel\u2019s wishes on the standing of Jerusalem because \u201cwhatever Israel wants, we in Ghana will go by that, because that is essentially an internal decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker was in Israel as part of the \u201cPower Africa\u201d initiative where he also alluded to the strong \u201chistorical ties between Israel and Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But with the knowledge of the volatile nature of Israel-Palestine relations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration stated that the comments made by Prof. Ocquaye did not reflect Ghana\u2019s foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile appreciating the interest taken by Rt. Hon. Mike Ocquaye, the Foreign Ministry wishes to emphasize that it is a personal view to which the Rt. Hn. Speaker is entitled,\u201d a statement from the Ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry emphasized the government\u2019s neutral stance on the matter saying that \u201cGhana has always supported the position that the Palestinian-Isreali conflict should be resolved peacefully between the parties themselves and all the stakeholders involved. It is therefore important to all stakeholders and observers to remain neutral until final resolution by partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement also noted that Ghana has generally called \u201cfor a fair and comprehensive resolution of the conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration does not wish to stifle debates on this issue which is of international concern, the Minister will appeal to all well-minded persons to take cognizance of the sensitivity of the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 9 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-09 Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye The government has distanced itself from comments made by the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, acknowledging Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, days after the United States had issued similar sentiments. 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