Pence revives talk of U.S. moving Tel Aviv embassy to Jerusalem

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

POLITICS | Mon Mar 27, 2017 | 7:10am EDT

Pence revives talk of U.S. moving Tel Aviv embassy to Jerusalem

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday revived talk of the possibility the United States may move its embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, saying President Donald Trump was seriously considering the matter.

During the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Trump's team spoke often about moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. But since taking office, the contentious issue appears to have moved to the backburner.

"After decades of simply talking about it, the president of the United States is giving serious consideration to moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem," Pence said in a speech to the influential, pro-Israel U.S. lobbying group AIPAC.

Israel regards Jerusalem as its eternal and indivisible capital and wants all countries to base their embassies there, though Israeli politicians also understand that moving the U.S. embassy there could be destabilizing.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-usa-diplomacy-idUSKBN16Y05V

[sabbat hunter]

1. There is no reason why

countries cannot move their embassies to the western parts of Jerusalem. Even if Israel were to give up every inch of ground they conquered in 67, the western part or Jerusalem would still be in Israel.