Sen. Ben Cardin Benjamin (Ben) Louis CardinCongress must finish work on popular conservation bill before time runs out PPP application window closes after coronavirus talks deadlock Congress eyes tighter restrictions on next round of small business help MORE (D-Md.), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Sunday that President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE’s announcement about Jerusalem was not done “in the right diplomatic way.”

During an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” Cardin said that while Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, Trump should have made the move regarding the holy city in a way that could push the peace process forward between Israelis and Palestinians.

“So I think the announcement itself was not anything that is news,” Cardin told ABC's Martha Raddatz.

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“But what the president should have done — is done it in the right diplomatic way, and there I think he did not," he said. "It should have been done in a way to advance the peace process for a two-state solution.”

Trump last week announced that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, a move delayed by multiple presidents. He also said he would direct the State Department to begin moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. But the president signed a six-month waiver putting the embassy move on hold.

Still, Cardin argued Jerusalem is in fact Israel’s capital, noting all of its governmental bodies are located in the city.

“As has been pointed out, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel,” he said.

East Jerusalem was captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War and was not part of the original lines drawn for Israel in 1949. Many in the international community see this part of the city as occupied territory, while Palestinians hope to make it the capital of a future independent state.