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Jerusalem affairs minister hopes Trump’s support for capital and Jewish people will continue
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Minister for Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Heritage Meir Porush congratulates Donald Trump in a statement, citing the biblical verse “the heart of a king is in the hand of God.”
“President Trump proved during his previous term that he is a true friend of the Jewish people and the city of Jerusalem. We all pray and expect that this trend will continue even more strongly in [his] coming term,” he says.