US President Donald Trump. The Irish Christian Friends of Israel have “wholeheartedly” welcomed the US president’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel by moving the US embassy there.
The ICFI say that Donald Trump is being portrayed as making the decision executively, and note that the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act is a public law that was passed by the 104th Congress with over 90% of Democrats and Republicans supporting it.
They added that on June 5 this year the Senate unanimously passed a resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem by 90-0. The resolution reaffirmed the Jerusalem Embassy Act and called upon the President to implement it.
The act also calls for Jerusalem to remain undivided and for it to be recognised as the capital of Israel.