MSNBC/NBC: Trump's 'Profoundly Unsettling' Jerusalem Decision Leaves Palestinians 'Deeply Disheartened'

Christopher Reeves | December 6, 2017
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Less than half an hour before Trump made his speech today recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell had NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel on her MSNBC show to discuss the implications of the President’s announcement. Reporting from the Palestinian Territories in Ramallah, Engel went to great pains to promote his hosts’ perspective on Trump’s upcoming speech, lamenting Palestinians’ lost “dream” of “a future capital.” Engel also characterized Trump’s Jerusalem policy shift recognizing that “the Israelis are right” as “profoundly unsettling.”

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