Donald Trump set to Recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital | Fab-book

Donald Trump is likely to announce to the next week that the US will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a move that upends 50 years of US Middle East policy and is likely to inflame relations with the Palestinians and America’s Arab allies. 
White House officials said Mr Trump would probably make the announcement in a speech on Wednesday but that a final decision had not yet been made.The status of Jerusalem has long been one of the most sensitive subjects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The city holds significance to Muslims across the world because it is home to the AL-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest site. 
US presidents since Harry Truman have refused to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and said that its final status must be settled through negotiations. 
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama have all supported the idea of a two-state solution , which would likely include dividing Jerusalem so it could be a capital for both Israel and Palestine - but Mr Trump has so far not committed to the two-state model. 
While Mr Trump may recognize the city as Israel’s capital he is also expected to once again delay moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as he promised to do during the 2016 election. Like previous presidents, he has held back because of warnings from US diplomats and Arab allies.   
While Jerusalem’s status is fiercely contested on the international stage, both its Jewish western half and Palestinian eastern half are under effective Israeli control. The city is patrolled by Israeli police and an Israeli mayor in theory has civic responsibility for all its residents.  
While Israel considers the entire city to be its “eternal and undivided capital” a UN security council resolution from 1980 rebuked Israel’s annexation of east Jerusalem and refused to recognize it.