Southern Baptist preacher Robert Jeffress delivered the opening prayer Monday in Jerusalem in honor of the new US embassy. Israeli and Palestinian protesters wave signs and chant outside the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem Monday May 14, 2018. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump received a blessing in Jerusalem on Sunday from Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, who once compared black people to monkeys. 'Great to join the friends of Zion for an amazing evening commemorating the dedication of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel,' she wrote. Monday's slated opening of the new embassy follows Trump's recognition in December of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Source: Daily Mail May 15, 2018 01:11 UTC