Trump will recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital TODAY despite international fury from Iran, Russia, Turkey, China, Palestinians and the Pope

America's friends and foes unleashed fierce criticism on Wednesday ahead of President Donald Trump's announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital which is expected lunchtime Wednesday. While Israel welcomed the news, Palestinian officials declared the Mideast peace process 'finished' and Turkey announced it would host a meeting of Islamic nations next week to give Muslim countries' leaders an opportunity to coordinate a response. In Gaza, U.S. and Israeli flags were burned. In the West Bank pictures of Trump were set alight, while Hamas declared Friday a 'day of rage', raising the specter of mass violence in the occupied territories. The Pope used his general audience at the Vatican to plead with the president to abandon his plan and keep the status quo. The speech on Jerusalem, expected at lunchtime, comes well ahead of an expected peace plan being drawn up by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.