06.12.2017 - 09:49 [ Washington Post ]

Trump’s Jerusalem moves spark a fire in the Middle East

There is a small constituency in the United States that genuinely cares about the location of the American embassy in Israel. Evangelicals and a right-wing, pro-Israel lobby thrilled at President Trump‘s campaign promises to reverse decades of U.S. policy by recognizing a “united” Jerusalem as Israel‘s capital and shifting the U.S. Embassy there from Tel Aviv. At a speech on Wednesday, Trump is expected to outline his plans to do just that.