In theory, the relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is a big deal. In reality, it doesn't amount to a hill of beans, an issue of history and principle long since overtaken by hard power. Hard power is ultimately all that matters, and Israel exercises iron control over the whole "corpus." Israeli politicians who utter the name of the city often add the rote "eternal and undivided capital of Israel." So Trump was quite correct when he declared that moving the American embassy to Jerusalem is merely a recognition of reality.

Source: CBC News May 15, 2018 16:24 UTC