Jerusalem Controversy: US vice president to visit Western Wall in East Jerusalem
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US Vice President Mike Pence has met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. Pence is to visit the Western Wall and the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial later on Tuesday before his departure. Shops in the West Bank and Jerusalem's Old City closed after Palestinian political parties called for a general strike against Pence's visit. The protest comes after the US decision to move its embassy to from Tel Aviv to the holy city.