President Donald Trump is considering recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a highly charged declaration that risks inflaming tensions across the Middle East, officials said Thursday. The White House also is considering a possible presidential speech or statement on Jerusalem by Wednesday, according to the officials and an outside administration adviser. White House spokesman Sarah Sanders on Wednesday called an earlier report saying Trump would order an embassy move as "premature." Republicans have championed embassy security since a 2012 attack on American compounds in Benghazi, Libya. Inside the Trump administration, officials said debate now centers on how to make a Jerusalem announcement without affecting Israeli-Palestinian "final status" negotiations.

Source: Fox News November 30, 2017 21:23 UTC