川普總統將宣佈美國承認耶路撒冷爲以色列首都

President Donald Trump plans to announce Wednesday that the United States is recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv.

The decision is likely to cause an uproar throughout the Arab world. But the White House says Trump is merely recognizing what it calls a historic and modern reality.

To soften what could be a hard blow, Trump telephoned five Middle East leaders Tuesday to brief them on his decision -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Jordan's King Abdullah, Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

A White House statement gave few details of the conversations except to say, “the leaders also discussed potential decisions regarding Jerusalem." It added that Trump reaffirmed his commitment to advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and the importance of supporting those talks.

White House officials said late Tuesday Trump recognizes Jerusalem is not only the historic capital of the Jewish people, it has been the seat of the Israeli government since the founding of modern Israel in 1948.

The officials say the president will order the State Department to start making plans to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv. They say the process will take years to find a site, secure funding, and construct a new building. Until then, Trump will sign the usual waiver postponing the relocation.美國總統川普計劃星期三宣佈，美國承認耶路撒冷爲以色列首都，並將把美國大使館從特拉維夫遷到耶路撒冷。

這個決定很可能在阿拉伯世界引起強烈反響。但是白宮說，川普總統僅僅是承認白宮所說的歷史和當代的現實。

爲了緩和這個決定可能造成的衝擊，川普總統星期二致電5位中東地區的領導人，介紹了他的決定，包括以色列總理內塔尼亞胡（Benjamin Netanyahu），巴勒斯坦權力機構主席阿巴斯（Mahmoud Abbas），約旦國王阿卜杜拉（Abdullah II ），埃及總統塞西（Abdel Fattah Al Sisi），以及沙特阿拉伯國王薩勒曼（Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud）。

白宮的一份聲明沒有提電話通話的詳細內容，只是說：“領導人還討論了有關耶路撒冷問題可能做出的決定。”聲明還說，川普總統重申了他繼續致力於推動以巴和平談判，強調了支持和談的重要性。

白宮官員星期二晚上說，川普總統承認，耶路撒冷不僅是猶太人歷史上的首都，而且還是以色列1948年建國以來的政府所在地。

白宮官員說，川普總統將命令國務院開始制定將美國大使館從特拉維夫遷到耶路撒冷的計劃。他們說，確定館址、找到資金以及建造新大使館的進程要若干年的時間。在新館建成前，川普總統將依照慣例簽署一個推遲遷館的豁免令。