Report: GOP reinstates platform language on Jerusalem as ‘undivided’ capital

The Republican Party’s platform is said to have reinstated a reference to Jerusalem as the “undivided” capital of Israel, CNN “>called for the Republican Party to “strengthen its language in support for Israel with Jerusalem as Israel’s ‘undivided, eternal’ capital.”

Iron Dome Alliance recommended the following language: “We recognize an undivided Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and Judea and Samaria as integral parts of the indigenous Jewish homeland. We call for the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem in 2017, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the city’s liberation and reunification.”

The group, headed by activist Jeff Ballabon, launched a website, israelfriends.us, urging Republicans and pro-Israeli Jews to flood Republican leaders and delegates with emails, urging them to agree on the proposed language ahead of the platform committee’s meeting in Cleveland on Monday. On Sunday night, the site’s home page read the following message: “Thank you all for your responses! Your messages were heard, loud and clear. At this time, we don’t need to flood the delegates with further emails. Thanks again for your support.”

In December, Donald Trump, now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, “>announcing his support for the relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem at AIPAC in March, Trump is now said to back an undivided Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, “>approved its 2016 platform,