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Trump tells Netanyahu he'll recognise Jerusalem as Israel's 'undivided' capital

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen departing after a meeting with US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on September 25, 2016 in New York. Trump promised to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's "undivided" capital if he is elected president. AFP PHOTO | MANDEL NGAN

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • Israel captured the Arab eastern half of Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, and annexed it in 1980, declaring all of Jerusalem Israel's unified capital.
  • The US Congress passed a law in October 1995 calling for an undivided Jerusalem to be recognised as Israel's capital.
  • But no US president has implemented the law, regarding it as an infringement on the executive branch's authority over foreign policy.
  • Clinton also promised Netanyahu to help Israel confront regional "terrorist threats," according to the campaign.

NEW YORK

US Republican candidate Donald Trump pledged Sunday to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's "undivided" capital if he is elected president.

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