16-05-2017 02:01 via yahoo.com

Israel wants White House to explain U.S. official's Western Wall comment

By Ori LewisJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel wants the White House to explain why a U.S. diplomat preparing President Donald Trump's visit to Jerusalem said Judaism's Holy Western Wall in its Old City is part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an Israeli official said on Monday.Israel considers all of Jerusalem as its indivisible capital, a claim that is not recognized internationally, and the Western Wall - the holiest prayer site for Jews - is part ofterritory it captured in the 1967 Middle East w
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