"Today, we finally acknowledge the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel's capital. Upending decades of foreign policyTrump's decision upended seven decades of US foreign policy that has resisted a recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital before the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved. "We are not taking a position on any of the final status issues including the final boundaries of the Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem," Trump said. Just two months earlier, Trump said he was delaying a decision on moving the embassy to Jerusalem to give peace "a shot." "I want to give that a shot before I even think about moving the embassy to Jerusalem," Trump had said in an interview with former Arkansas Gov.

Source: CNN December 06, 2017 17:47 UTC