US delays the American embassy move to Jerusalem: Prime Minister's Office statement
Israeli Missions Around The World MFA Press Room 2017 US delays the American embassy move to Jerusalem: Prime Minister's Office statement

US delays the American embassy move to Jerusalem: Prime Minister's Office statement

  • 6/1/2017
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    Though Israel is disappointed that the embassy will not move at this time, we appreciate today's expression of President Trump’s friendship to Israel and his commitment to moving the embassy to Jerusalem in the future.
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    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Copyright: PMO webcast
     
     
    ​​​(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) 

    Israel's consistent position is that the American embassy, like the embassies of all countries with whom we have diplomatic relations, should be in Jerusalem, our eternal capital. 
    Maintaining embassies outside the capital drives peace further away by helping keep alive the Palestinian fantasy that the Jewish people and the Jewish state have no connection to Jerusalem.
    Though Israel is disappointed that the embassy will not move at this time, we appreciate today's expression of President Trump’s friendship to Israel and his commitment to moving the embassy to Jerusalem in the future.