"Moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem after recognizing the city as the capital of Israel paves the way for the imposture of Israel's solutions to the conflict," Hani al-Masri, a West Bank think-tank member and political analyst, told Xinhua.
The recognition legitimizes Israel's occupation, settlement expansion, while opening the way for its full annexation of the West Bank, al-Masri noted.
"This will certainly undermine the two-state solution," he added.
However, Trump believes that the move will further help achieve peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
In a recorded message aired during the inauguration of the embassy, Trump said the embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was "a long time coming," adding that the White House still seeks to achieve a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians.
Also during the ceremony in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called the event a "great day for peace."
But al-Masri said Trump's decision on Jerusalem shows the U.S. departure from its traditional positions which demand Israel's withdrawal from the territories it occupied in the 1967 war, the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital and no Jewish settlement expansion.
"The Trump administration fully adopted the Israeli position on solving the conflict. The U.S. now is biased for Israel and is even its partner," al-Masri said.
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