The Pros and Cons of Pre-Vote

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27 per cent of you were for the motion, 46 per cent against and 27 were undecided. Now obviously any of those numbers can change so don't be on your laurels this side because we are here to see what moves. We're not just looking at the end numbers, we're looking at the direction of travel throughout the debate. Jacks Raw: Can Jerusalem be shared? I think the simple answer is to look at Damascus at the minute. Emily: Are you really suggesting that people who pause before seeing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel or flatter, those people who can't off flatter earth as being blind? You don't understand that at all. Natasha let's get to

Many of Israel's supporters, including Donald Trump, claim Jerusalem should be recognised as the country's capital city. After all, it has been the Jewish people's spiritual capital for millennia. But will recognising Jerusalem be the death blow for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? Arguing in favour of the motion "The World Should Recognise Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital" were Ehud Omert, former Israeli Prime Minister; and Natasha Hausdorff, barrister at Six Pump Court Chambers and a director of the NGO ‘UK Lawyers for Israel’. Against them were former UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and leading Palestinian activist, academic and writer Ghada Karmi. The debate was chaired by Emily Maitlis, presenter of BBC Newsnight and one of the UK's best known broadcasters.

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