(Wall Street Journal) Felicia Schwartz - The Trump administration is considering a plan to formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move the U.S. Embassy there in the future, U.S. officials said. The Trump administration this week notified U.S. embassies overseas about the plan and a possible forthcoming announcement so envoys can inform their host governments and prepare for possible protests. Officials said the administration is mulling laying out a long-term plan to move the embassy that would play out in President Donald Trump's second term, should he be re-elected. The disclosures about the potential move come as Trump faces a December 1 deadline under U.S. law to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem or sign a presidential waiver to keep it in Tel Aviv. Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, a former head of Israel's military intelligence research, said of the U.S. administration, "I guess they realized that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel....[The Palestinians] are going to protest fiercely and express their unhappiness. We may have some violent repercussions. Even if there is a wave of violence, it will die eventually."
2017-12-01 00:00:00Full ArticleBACK Visit the Daily Alert Archive