Many evangelicals point to Israeli affairs as their most important foreign policy concern since it has important religious symbolism for Christians and Jews. They consider Israel to be a holy land, one where many take pilgrimages to see the place of Jesus' birth and burial.
During his two-day visit to Israel, Trump made stops that many U.S. presidents typically take, including a visit to Israel's national Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem. Trump also became the first sitting president to visit the Western Wall.
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