McMaster Won’t Say if Western Wall Is Part of Israel

‘No Israeli leaders will join President Trump to the Western Wall’

McMaster Won’t Say if Western Wall Is Part of Israel (The Washington Free Beacon)

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster would not say Tuesday if President Trump considered the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, to be part of Israel.

According to a report, Israel is demanding an explanation ahead of Trump's visit next week after a U.S. official reportedly questioned Israel's claim to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. A diplomat reportedly told the Israelis that it is part of the West Bank and "not your territory," and as such Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could not join Trump on a private visit to the site.

A reporter asked if Netanyahu would join Trump and whether he felt the Western Wall of the Temple Mount was part of Israel. McMaster answered the first question but not the second.

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