On which date, President of the USA, Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel?
- (a)6th January, 2018
- (b)6th November, 2017
- (c)6th October, 2017
- (d)6th December, 2017
Correct — D, 6th December 2017. On 6 December 2017 US President Donald Trump formally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and directed the State Department to begin relocating the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The move broke decades of US policy and was condemned at the United Nations; the embassy itself formally opened in Jerusalem on 14 May 2018.
- (a)6th January, 2018 — After the event — the recognition was announced in December 2017, not January 2018.
- (b)6th November, 2017 — Wrong month; no declaration on Jerusalem's status was made on this date.
- (c)6th October, 2017 — Wrong month; the announcement came two months later, on 6 December 2017.
Jerusalem's status is among the most disputed issues in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Both Israel and the Palestinians claim the city as their capital, so for decades most countries kept their embassies in Tel Aviv and left Jerusalem's final status to negotiation. Trump's 6 December 2017 recognition reversed the long-standing US position of neutrality on the question.
All four options share the day '6th' — the discriminator is the month and year. Anchor it to December 2017; the embassy relocation that followed happened in May 2018.
- On 6 December 2017, the US recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
- Trump ordered the US embassy to be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
- The US embassy formally opened in Jerusalem on 14 May 2018.
- The decision drew a rebuke from the UN General Assembly and most world governments.
- Confusing the recognition date (Dec 2017) with the embassy-opening date (May 2018)
- Guessing the month because every option shares the day '6th'
Current-affairs 'on which date/which event' items — pair the event (Jerusalem recognition) with its month and year, and separately remember the embassy move followed in May 2018.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The United States formally opened its relocated embassy in Jerusalem on which date?
- (a)6 December 2017
- (b)1 January 2018
- (c)14 May 2018
- (d)15 August 2018
Answer(c) 14 May 2018 — following the December 2017 recognition.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Before the 2017 US recognition, most countries located their embassies to Israel in which city?
- (a)Jerusalem
- (b)Tel Aviv
- (c)Haifa
- (d)Ramallah
Answer(b) Tel Aviv — pending a negotiated settlement on Jerusalem's status.