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Source: The Hill
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) advised President Trump to declare Jerusalem as the "undivided" capital of Israel ahead of Trump's expected announcement on the matter this week, Schumer told The Weekly Standard.
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 to there.
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).
Schumer himself told JTA that he supported the U.S. moving its embassy to Jerusalem, and criticized Trump over his "indecisiveness" on the issue.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/363465-schumer-advised-trump-on-declaring-jerusalem-as-israels-capital