The controversial announcement, a major pre-election plank, has predictably attracted widespread international opposition, both from U.S. allies and leaders of the Arab world. In more recent years, this historical context has fed into a hard-line religious nationalism in Israeli politics, one that Jerusalem has come to symbolise. A central aspect of the prevailing dispute between the Palestinian Authority and Israel revolves around the recent division of Jerusalem. Israel occupied West Jerusalem in the 1948 war, soon after the proclamation of a separate state. Mr. Trump’s moves would be watched even more closely.

Source: The Hindu December 07, 2017 18:45 UTC