President Trump Shifts U.S. Policy in Israel

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 7, 2017

President Trump announced that the United States will formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and plans to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Nahal Toosi, foreign affairs correspondent at POLITICO, and Jane Eisner, editor-in-chief of The Forward, discuss President Trump's announcement that upended decades of U.S. foreign policy. 


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