What IS Israel's capital?

Please excuse my ignorance and confusion on this. Before Trump (of whom Im not a fan) declared Jerusalem Israel's capital, I would have said it was if asked.

Also, what business is it of the US (regardless of whom is in the White House) to declare the capital of another country? Should that not be up to the country and its citizens? It seems to me that by doing this Trump is going to open up a large can of angry snakes and undo whatever positive relationships the US had with Israel and the other countries in that region. Scary.

2017-12-07T12:01:57Z

Thank you for the mostly mature and informative answers. Even in this fairly anonymous forum, I am quite embarrassed of my lack of knowledge. I asked my husband, who is a history geek and has earned a Master's of Divinity degree. He knows I don't like Trump and he changed the channel from the news conference. It didn't help that I was cranky from a clogged painful ear. It was not the time for a discussion. Again, thank you. I will likely do more research.

Anonymous2017-12-07T15:01:20Z

Under Israeli law, Jerusalem is their capital. This is also true in fact, since it is where most of their national government is located (parliament, PM 's residence etc). However, no other country recognizes Jerusalem as the capital and all foreign embassies are located in Tel Aviv. This is because the Palestinians also claim Jerusalem as their eventual capital (specifically East Jerusalem). The ultimate status of Jerusalem is supposed to be determined as part of a peace agreement between the two sides. It's been felt that acknowledging Jerusalem as the Israeli capital would prejudice those proceedings in Israel's favor, thus undermining the process. Trump, for domestic political reasons, decided to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital.

?2017-12-07T11:18:23Z

Jerusalem is Israel's capital and has been for a long time. Other countries have said that Tel Aviv is Israel's capital because they hate Jews and love Islam.

ron h2017-12-07T10:27:26Z

you could have googled this.

Anonymous2017-12-07T10:26:52Z

Jerusalem as it always was, is and will be.
The complete Israeli government is already there, though Tel Aviv is considered the Capital per the International Community who have their Embassies there. Israel is a Sovereign Country but is at the mercy of the whims of the Anti-Semitic UN so it is unable to declare the fact that it is Jerusalem.

Nacho the Great2017-12-07T10:11:48Z

Tel Aviv I think

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