AP
Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is “actively considering when and how” to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a decision fiercely opposed by the Palestinians.
Pence spoke at a New York City event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations vote that led to the founding of the state of Israel.
Trump in June backed off a campaign pledge on the embassy move as his Mideast envoy sought to reinvigorate peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The White House said at the time that the president was only delaying — not abandoning — his campaign pledge to relocate the embassy.
With the Trump administration facing a deadline within days on whether to move the embassy, Pence’s comments suggested the administration may be closer to agreeing to a key Israeli wish.
“While, for the past 20 years, Congress and successive administrations have expressed a willingness to move our embassy, as we speak, President Donald Trump is actively considering when and how to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,” Pence said.
The vice president is traveling to Israel next month and noted that he would deliver an address at the Knesset and visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial during his visit.
Trump has set an ambitious goal of brokering Mideast peace and tapped his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner to help lay the groundwork for direct negotiations. Kushner and other top Trump aides have traveled to the region to meet with Palestinians, Israelis and officials from Arab nations.
“As the president has made clear, our administration is also committed to finally bringing peace to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Pence said. “As President Trump has said, in his words, ‘We want Israel to have peace.’ And in the recent months, we’ve made valuable progress toward achieving that noble goal.”
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please stop telling us about a maybe-perhaps-someday- soon scenario, and get off israel’s back today. if the arabs really want to make peace they know how to do it without wringing every drop of blood from us. america should not be positioning itself as an accomplice to such a political act of terror which – as the Rebbe repeatedly points out – will only lead to further acts of physical and psychological terror. it seems to me that now that Jared has nothing to do in D.C. because every time he makes a move the ” Russian Connection” is brought… Read more »
To 1, 3, and 8: The Arabs are constantly agitating against Jews anyway and will never stop.
There are millions of videos and comments all over the internet where they call for all Jews to be wiped out G-d forbid and they call Israel a ‘genocidal, nazi state’.
Other then committing mass suicide G-d forbid, nothing Jews do will appease them, ever.
To #s 6,9,10 and 11: Amen, and thank you.
#12 I agree with you a hundred percent 🙂 but I’m not exactly sure if you’re joking or you’re serious about it 🙂 I also want to say is G-d Bless America G-d bless Trump G-d bless Israel and G-d bless the prime minister Natanyah we want Moshaich now
A strong reminder: it is written,
Those who bless you, will be blessed and those
who curse you will be cursed!
GREAT SPEACH!
HASHEM PLEASE LET THIS FRIENDSHIP CONTINUE
The rebbe said the stronger u portray urself the more they will back down especially in the long run giving away land every other week will also keep them quiet buts it’s short term stupid peace
It’s because of people like you and the Israeli government that give the Palestinians hope and strength from your weakness to stand up with zero tolerance of giving in. They look for your weaknesses, and then they strike to weaken you even more, which in the long run would be a lot more harmful for yidden living in ertz yisroel. You have to show force, it’s the only way, in the short run they would do damage to israel, but not in the long run! Show them who’s boss, and don’t mess! As the rebbe examplethat a doctor can’t freak… Read more »
but the embassy move will teach them that they will only lose, not gain if they don’t accept peace along with shlemus ha-aretz
It’s not weak, it’s practical. First the Arabs will go crazy and al tiftach pe will cost lives.
2. The next president will anyway relocate it back to where it is, so what’s the point.
Wake me up when it happens otherwise it’s the same politician tease
It’s because of weak hearted yiddin like you here & in Israel that the embassy has not yet been moved.
By moving it in will show out enemys that it is the eternal Capital of Eretz Yisroel & that NEVER will any part of the Holy City of Yerushalaim be given up.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Trump is just like the rest
It will never be done.
Like he will never lift Rubashkin out
I agree with you #1
Mike pence for president. He’s a real lover of the Jewish people
This will make a great conflict between Palestinians and Israelis