U.S. President Donald Trump has fulfilled a Biblical prophecy by moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from the city of Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro.
In an op-ed published by Fox News on Monday, Pirro praised Trump for keeping his promise to move the embassy to Jerusalem and recognize the city as the capital of Israel.
Pirro, who went to Israel ahead of the embassy move, described the occasion as a "truly historic moment in Israel's history" and a "cause for great celebration."
She contended that the embassy move had demonstrated to the world that Trump's "word is worth more than former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama, all of whom made the promise to move the American embassy to Jerusalem."
"His word is worth more than any treaty and stronger than any UN resolution. He promised and he delivered," Pirro wrote.
"Donald Trump recognized history. He, like King Cyrus before him, fulfilled the biblical prophecy of the gods worshipped by Jews, Christians and, yes, Muslims, that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish state and that the Jewish people deserve a righteous, free and sovereign Israel," she continued.
Pirro is not the first to compare Trump to King Cyrus, the Biblical figure who helped Jews rebuild the Temple and facilitated their return to their land from exile in Babylon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly made the same comparison in early March during his visit to the White House.
"I want to tell you that the Jewish people have a long memory, so we remember the proclamation of the great king, Cyrus the Great, the Persian king, 2,500 years ago," Netanyahu said during his White House visit, according to CBN News.
The Israeli prime minister went on to cite other world leaders who acknowledged the right of Jews to return to their land throughout the years, before commending Trump for his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
"And we remember how a few weeks ago, President Donald J. Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Mr. President, this will be remembered by our people through the ages," Netanyahu added.
Trump described the opening of the new embassy as a "great day for Israel," but the occasion has been marked by riots between Palestinians and Israeli security forces on the Gaza strip border.
According to the health ministry in Gaza, at least 45 Palestinians have died and almost 1,000 were injured in the riots, which took place during the Palestinian Nakba Day, which commemorates the "catastrophe" of Israel's founding.
The Israeli military has contended that it was repelling the attempts of the Palestinian group Hamas to breach the border, the Times of Israel reported.
As many as 50,000 Gazans were protesting in 12 different locations along the border and thousands more were located just a few hundred meters from the fence, according to the Israeli army.
