Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told revelers that Trump's December declaration recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital was "the right thing to do." The prime minister said Trump's decision recognized a 3,000-year Jewish connection to Jerusalem and the "truth" that Jerusalem would be Israel's capital under any future peace deal. Sunday marked what Israel calls "Jerusalem Day," the 51st anniversary of the annexation of east Jerusalem — home to the city's most sensitive Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy sites — during the 1967 Six-Day War. Earlier Sunday, Netanyahu told his Cabinet that there would be a "series of decisions" to build up Jerusalem, including its contested eastern sector. Shortly after, the government approved construction of a $57 million cable car system that will link west Jerusalem to the Old City.

Source: Fox News May 14, 2018 01:41 UTC