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Merry Christmas Israel "Trump to officially bestow Jerusalem as Israel's capital"
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42246564
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42246564
US President Donald Trump will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, senior administration officials have said.
He is due to announce the controversial decision in a speech later.
Mr Trump is also expected to approve moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but not for several years.
Israel welcomes the changes but the Palestinians and Arab leaders have warned they will jeopardise any Middle East peace process.
The Palestinians' UK representative, Manuel Hassassian, told the BBC the changes would be the "kiss of death" to the two-state peace solution and amounted to declaring war in the Middle East.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to comment officially but Education Minister Naftali Bennett called on other countries to follow Washington's lead.
"Jerusalem has been and always will be the eternal capital," he told the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference.
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