President Trump Acknowledges Recognition Of Jerusalem As Israel's Capital

JEFF: WE HOPE THAT FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS ON THAT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE IT
POTENTIAL THAT U.S. RECOGNIZE
JERUSALEM AT CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.
LEYNA: ALSO BEGAN ORDERING STATE
DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN MOVING U.S.
EMBASSY FROM TEL AVIV TO
JERUSALEM.
DAVE BRYAN HAS MORE.
REPORTER: DURING CAMPAIGN,
CANDIDATE TRUMP SAID HE WOULD
SHAKE UP U.S. FOREIGN POLICY,
NOW HE PICKED ONE OF THE MOST
VOLATILE REGIONS TO GET IT
STARTED.
IT WAS NOT WORKING, IT NEEDS A
REBOOT, BOLD CHANGES.
THE INITIAL REACTION FROM
PALESTINIAN SIDE WAS ANYTHING
BUT ENCOURAGING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT
RECOGNIZING JERUSALEM AS CAPITAL
OF ISRAEL GOT A FIERY
RESUSPICION IN GAZA.
ANGRY PROTESTER BURNED TIRES IN
WHAT CRITICS CHARGE COULD BE A
SMALL PREVIEW OF THINGS TO COME.
WE CAN'T SOLVE OUR PROBLEM BY
MAKING SAME FAILED ASSUMPTIONS
AND REPEATING SAME FAILED
STRATEGY ARE OF THE PAST.
REPORTER: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HE
HAS AUTHORIZED PLANS TO DRAW UP
MOVING U.S. EMBASSY TO
JERUSALEM.
THE PRESIDENT SIGNED A WAIVER TO
KEEP THE EMBASSY IN TEL AVIV FOR
NOW, HE BROKE WITH 70 YEARS OF
AMERICAN POLICY IN REGION,
ACKNOWLEDGING HE WAS FOLLOWING
THROUGH ON A CAMPAIGN PROMISE
WITH A DOMESTIC POLITICAL
DIMENSION, PLEASING CHRISTIAN
EVEN GEL CALLS -- EVANGELICALS.
PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS MADE THIS
A CAMPAIGN PROMISE THEY FAILED
TO DELIVER, TODAY I AM
DELIVERING.
THERE WILL BE DISAGREEMENT.
AND DECENT.
REGARDING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
REPORTER: EMBRACE OF JERUSALEM
WAS REPORTEDLY A HOT DEBATE
TOPIC IN WHITE HOUSE WITH VICE
PRESIDENT PENCE SUPPORTING THE
IDEA.
BUT SECRETARY OF STATE REX
TILLERSON.
REPORTEDLY ARGUED AGAINST
AMERICAN RECOGNITION OF
JERUSALEM AT CAPITAL AND MOVING
U.S. EMBASSY.
PRESIDENT IS A VERY COMMITTED
TO PEACE PROCESS, WE STILL
BELIEVE THERE IS A FREIGHT THERE GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEACE.
REPORTER: THE ISRAELIS WELCOMED
ANNOUNCEMENT WITH OPEN ARMS.
THERE IS NO PEACE THAT DOES
NOT INCLUDE JERUSALEM AS CAPITAL
OF STATE OF ISRAEL.
REPORTER: U.S. ALLIES FROM
EUROPE TO MUSLIM WORLD WERE
STUNNED AND CRITICAL OF
PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
ARGUE THAT IT WILL BACKFIRE ON
U.S., MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO
REACH AND PEACE ACCORD, AND
INCREASE TENSION AND HOSTILE NI
REGION.
REGION.
IN JERUSALEM, WILL FUEL
UNDERMINE WAR AGAINST
I'M TELLING THAT YOU
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT ONLY
ENCOURAGING VIOLENCE BUT
PROVOKING VIOLENT, AND PROVOKING
A RELIGIOUS WAR.
AS PROTESTOR FROM TURKEY TO
GAZA SHOUT THEIR RESISTANCE AND
MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS IN
LARGE NUMBERS, POPE FRANCIS ALSO
IMPLORED PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
RECONSIDER.
I CANNOT KEEP QUIET, MY
PROFOUND CONCERN FOR THE
SITUATION, AND TO ADDRESS
HEARTFELT APPEAL TO MAKE
EVERYONE'S COMMITMENT TO REPORT
STATUS QUO OF THE CITY.
REPORTER: SOME PALESTINIAN
LEADERS URGE A THIRD INTIFADA,
AN ARMED UP ROSE RISING, FATTAH,
HAMAS AND OTHER PALESTINIAN
GROUPS CALL FOR A GENERAL STRIKE
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President Trump Acknowledges Recognition Of Jerusalem As Israel's Capital

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