What is the capital of Israel?
Why it matters if the U.S. embassy in Israel is located in Jerusalem?
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Both Israel and Palestinians claim Jerusalem as their capital and it was intended as a split city. There's a lot of history behind it.
Every other country in the world avoids having an embassy in Jerusalem because it's a 'screw you' to the Palestinians and Arab states who back them and creates more problems and fighting. This was done while the US wanted to broker a peace deal.
So basically it too a nasty complicated situation and made it worse.
Every other country in the world avoids having an embassy in Jerusalem because it's a 'screw you' to the Palestinians and Arab states who back them and creates more problems and fighting. This was done while the US wanted to broker a peace deal.
So basically it too a nasty complicated situation and made it worse.