in the world. jews pray at the wall, but we pray toward ju ruse lem. psalm 137 talks about jews in excite. if we ever forget you, jerusalem, should my right hand wither. it s important religiously and sends a powerful message to jews around the world and also to evangelical christians who are an important part of the president s base for some unity is important to them religiously and church of the holy sepulchre where jesus is said to be crucified underscores why it is an ancient and holy and contested city because of those holy sites, and the president is wading into all of that to send a very powerful message. just the political point to go to the western wall is to suggest the importance of the jewish character of jerusalem,