FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, TRUMP ALLIGNS WITH ISRAEL, MOVES AGAINST PALESTINE

First day in office, New American President discussed possibility of moving US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in support of Israel, but against the wish of both Palestine and United Nations.

"In the 1967 war, Jerusalem was annexed in a move regarded as against international law and a UN resolution has decided Israel's position that it is the eternal capital of Israel is against international law because it has no resolved status, in negotiation.

THE IMPLICATIONS ARE: "If America puts its embassy there it effectively recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

"That is denying Palestinians a chance to have a capital there.
"They also claim Jerusalem as their capital, and it is a most important shrine in Islam, so it has a lot of importance for Muslims as well as Israel.
"It is combustible material geopolitical ... and one reason why George Bush and Bill Clinton said in their election campaigns that they would move the embassy to Jerusalem but never actually acted on that in office."
Mr Trump spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone on Sunday - their first call since the President took office. He described their chat as "very nice".
Mr Netanyahu afterwards said he had been invited to a meeting with Mr Trump in Washington in February.
The pair also discussed the "threats" posed by Iran, the White House said afterwards, and Mr Trump "emphasized" to the Israeli PM that Israel-Palestinian peace can only "be negotiated directly" between the two parties.


The US Congress passed a bill in 1995 calling Jerusalem Israel's capital and stating it should not be divided.
No president has so far actually acted on the law