Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem in general and the Old City specifically has been hotly contested by the international community, which prefers to settle the city’s status within the context of a final-status solution with the Palestinians.
The United States government is divided on the issue with congressional legislation, passed in 1995, mandating that the US Embassy be relocated to Jerusalem. [Fox News]
President Trump should be consistent with his efforts to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace. In 1995, our country made a promise to begin the process of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Embassy Act. If he had invited Netanyahu to jointly visit the Wall with him today, I would have bet that our embassy would be moved and peace never achieved causing a fire storm.
He must make this embassy move decision by June 1 or use the presidential waiver that Bush, Clinton and Obama all have used.
Both the Arabs and Israelis have claims on Palestine. Prince Abdullah talked about the fact that under his plan, Arabs would normalize relations with Israel. All Israel had to do was surrender the territory it received after the Six Day War. But Israel has an historic right to the land and there's the problem.
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OMG, Trump is obsessed with walls, touching them wanting to build them, what's next?
Hopefully to get rid of A-holes.
I wonder if 5.28 has a fence around his/her yard and walls inside and out on the house.
No we need you to keep us entertained, please don't go.
Well there ain't any Mexicans in Israel so that wall does its job, hopefully Trump got the plans from the architect that built it.
Our president gave a brilliant speech in Jerusalem, he is doing a benefit to our country.
Are you saying Trump is the first American President to visit the Western Wall or his first time visiting as President because Clinton, the Bush's, and Obama have done the same?
As president
President Trump's trip has been a sucess and not an embarrassment like the previous prez' and firstladie's travels.
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