(Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)This week, President Trump declared that the United States would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. What will this decision mean for the possibility that the United States could lead negotiations toward a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? During the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, the United States still tried to push the diplomatic process forward, but the few intensive efforts fell short. And many Israeli officials apparently prefer the status quo to a negotiated two-state solution. He could have said the United States would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital today and as Palestine’s capital after a negotiated two-state solution.

Source: Washington Post December 08, 2017 21:13 UTC