President Trump visited Jerusalem earlier this year and will effectively recognise it as the Israeli capital by moving US diplomats there Evan Vucci/APPalestinian factions will stage three “days of rage” in protest at President Trump’s decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Defying warnings from across the Middle East, Mr Trump notified the Palestinians and America’s Arab allies yesterday that he was planning to relocate US diplomats, effectively endorsing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. While the Israeli parliament and most of its government ministries are in Jerusalem, the international community does not recognise it officially as the capital. The original United Nations partition resolution from 1947 designated Jerusalem as a separate entity under international jurisdiction and not part of the planned Jewish and Arab states. However, since 1949 Israel has declared that Jerusalem…

Source: The Times December 06, 2017 01:41 UTC