President Donald Trump will visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, the White House said on Monday amid controversy in Israel over reported comments by a US diplomat that the wall was in the occupied West Bank. Trump will say a prayer at the Western Wall, national security adviser H.R. McMaster said, as well as pay a visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, considered by Christians to be the site of Jesus’ tomb. The announcement of Trump’s visit to the Jewish holy site came amid the controversy in Israel over a report that a US diplomat preparing Trump’s visit referred to the Western Wall as being part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. They do not reflect the US position and certainly not the president’s position.”McMaster sidestepped questions on Tuesday about whether the Trump administration considers the Western Wall part of Israel.

Source: Egypt Independent May 17, 2017 06:56 UTC