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--SUPERS-- Jerusalem Ian Lee --LEAD IN-- THE MIDDLE EAST IS BRACING FOR A HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM U-S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: TO RECOGNIZE JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THE U-S EMBASSY THERE FROM TEL AVIV REACTION TO THE MOVE IS ALREADY HOSTILE: SOME PALESTINIAN FACTIONS HAVE CALLED FOR THREE DAYS OF RAGE AND ARAB ALLIES OF THE U-S WARN IT MAY UNDERMINE STABILITY C-N-NS IAN LEE IS IN JERUSALEM --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS-- WERE MOVING INTO UNCHARTED WATERS REGIONAL ARAB LEADERS HAVE WARNED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AGAINST MOVING THE EMBASSY FROM TEL AVIV TO JERUSALEM COUNTRIES LIKE JORDAN SAUDI ARABIA AND EGYPT THE KEY ALLIES HAVE WARNED OF THE INSTABILITY THAT THIS COULD CREATE NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT LATER TODAY HE HAS BEEN WELCOMED BY ISRAELI OFFICIALS WHO SAY THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING SO WHY IS JERUSALEM SO CONTENTIOUS ITS BECAUSE FOR JEWS IT IS THE HOLIEST SITE AND FOR MUSLIMS ITS HOME TO THE THIRD HOLIEST SITE ISRAEL OCCUPIED THE EASTERN PART OF JERUSALEM IN 1967 AND THE CITYS STATUS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DETERMINED THROUGH PEACE NEGOTIATIONS THIS IS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYS VIEW ON JERUSALEM BUT BY THE UNITED STATES DOING THIS UNILATERALLY IT BRINGS INTO QUESTION JERUSALEMS STATUS AND THATS WHY YOU HAVE SUCH A LARGE BACKLASH AND WERE EXPECTING THREE DAYS OF PROTESTS FROM THE PALESTINIANS THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT ALSO US DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS HAVE INCREASED SECURITY AHEAD OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT IAN LEE IN JERUSALEM -----END-----CNNSCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- ISRAEL JERUSALEM CAPITAL TRUMP ARAB PALESTINIAN