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The disturbing reason why evangelical Christians want Jerusalem to be Israel's capital [View all]
Some evangelical Christians believe that recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will bring on the end of the world.
On Wednesday President Donald Trump announced that the US will recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and the US embassy - which is currently based in Tel Aviv - will move there.
When the UN partitioned Palestine in 1947 the city of Jerusalem was given a special status, distinct from either a state of Palestine or a state of Israel, to be administered by an international council of the UN.
The US and many other nations currently have their embassies in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
Jerusalem came under the control of Israel in 1967, yet Israeli sovereignty has never been truly recognised internationally.
In April 2017 Russia's Foreign Ministry released a statement saying it considered western Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel - and eastern Jerusalem the capital of a ('future') Palestine, yet Russia's embassy to Israel is also located in Tel Aviv.
On Wednesday President Donald Trump announced that the US will recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and the US embassy - which is currently based in Tel Aviv - will move there.
When the UN partitioned Palestine in 1947 the city of Jerusalem was given a special status, distinct from either a state of Palestine or a state of Israel, to be administered by an international council of the UN.
The US and many other nations currently have their embassies in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
Jerusalem came under the control of Israel in 1967, yet Israeli sovereignty has never been truly recognised internationally.
In April 2017 Russia's Foreign Ministry released a statement saying it considered western Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel - and eastern Jerusalem the capital of a ('future') Palestine, yet Russia's embassy to Israel is also located in Tel Aviv.
[link:https://www.indy100.com/article/president-donald-trump-jerusalem-israel-capital-tel-aviv-evangelicals-apocalypse-third-temple-theory-8096596|
Or course we all already know this - but stark none the less
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