Schumer says he advised Trump to declare Jerusalem Israel’s ‘undivided’ capital

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer advised President Trump to declare Jerusalem the “undivided” capital of Israel ahead of Trump’s expected announcement on the matter this week, the New York Democrat told The Weekly Standard on Tuesday.  

The White House said Tuesday that Trump will announce that the U.S. will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but will delay moving the embassy from Tel Aviv.

Trump had suggested in an October interview that he was planning to make a decision regarding the embassy, but wanted to give an Israeli–Palestinian peace plan “a shot” first, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA).

{mosads}Schumer himself told JTA that he supported the U.S. moving its embassy to Jerusalem and criticized Trump over his “indecisiveness” on the issue. 

“President Trump’s recent comments suggest his indecisiveness on the embassy’s relocation,” Schumer told the news agency. “As someone who strongly believes that Jerusalem is the undivided capital of Israel, I am calling for the US Embassy in Israel to be relocated to Jerusalem.” 

Schumer said the move would “appropriately commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification and show the world that the US definitively acknowledges Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.”