Several hundred Israeli supporters of Donald Trump are gathering on the rooftop of a Jerusalem restaurant overlooking the Old City and its walls for a rally in support of the Republican presidential candidate.
The billionaire from New York and his running mate, Mike Pence, are to address the event via video.
The event, headlined “Jerusalem Forever,” is being billed as a event to affirm the Jewish people’s ties to Jerusalem in light of recent UNESCO resolutions that have ignored them.
A Trump supporter at a Republican Party rally in Jerusalem on October 26. 2016 (Raphael Ahren)
“I’m here today to show support for Donald Trump as he is standing with us, supporting us here in Israel,” says Reuben Aschenberg, who hails from Teaneck, New Jersey and now runs the Republican party’s campaign in Beit Shemesh.
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