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On December 6, 2017, the United States of America officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital city of the State of Israel. [1] American president Donald Trump, who signed the presidential proclamation, also ordered the relocation of the American diplomatic mission to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, constituting what is now the Embassy of the United States in Jerusalem, which was established on the ...
United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES‑10/19 is an emergency session resolution declaring the status of Jerusalem as Israel's capital as "null and void". [1] It was adopted by the 37th Plenary meeting of the tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly [2] during the tenure of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 2017.
The Arabs vociferously objected to Israel moving to (West) Jerusalem its national institutions, namely the Knesset, the presidential, legislative, judicial and administrative offices. The fight over Jerusalem is existential, not because it is a magical city but because it was, and is, the center of our culture, national identity and memory.
Palestinians want the capital of an independent Palestinian state to be in the city's eastern sector, which Israel captured in a 1967 war and annexed in a move never recognized internationally.
Trump will announce Wednesday that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital and will move its embassy there, breaking with longtime U.S. policy.
Arabs and Muslims condemned the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital as an incendiary move. Arabs, Europe, UN reject Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital Skip to main ...
The embassy move was, and continued to be, delayed by successive United States government in order to appear neutral on the issue of Jerusalem. However, on December 6, 2017, President Donald Trump announced that the US recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and instructed the State Department to begin preparations to move the embassy. [31]
Angry clashes erupted in the West Bank Thursday after President Trump's contentious decision on Wednesday to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.