US President Donald Trump is close to a decision on whether to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, his son-in-law and Middle East peace envoy Jared Kushner said Sunday. “The president’s going to make his decision,” Kushner told the Saban Forum, choosing not to deny reports Trump will declare Jerusalem Israel’s capital on Wednesday. “He’s still looking at a lot of different facts and when he makes his decision he’ll be the one who wants to tell you. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shares this hope, although he dares hope an accommodation with Arab countries could precede any Palestinian deal. Kushner, in common with US official thinking under previous administrations, sees a Israeli-Palestinian settlement as coming before any great re-alignment.

Source: Egypt Independent December 04, 2017 05:48 UTC