US president Donald Trump will soon reverse a longstanding US policy by officially recognizing the entire city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel according to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on Thursday.
However he will not implement his election campaign pledge to relocate the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem during his upcoming visit in late May the newspaper added.
He is also expected to express support for the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel the paper noted.
Under a previous US policy the city of Jerusalem was not recognized as the capital of Israel as all former administrations did not recognize any party as sovereign in any part of Jerusalem.
In a related context Trump will be hosting Palestinian Authority chief Abbas at the White House next week.
