Pence: WH Still Weighing Jerusalem Embassy Move

Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday the White House continues to give “serious consideration” to moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

And President Donald Trump is “personally committed to resolving the Israeli and Palestinian conflict” and is “making valuable progress” toward that goal, Pence said at an Israeli Independence Day commemoration.

Like most countries, the United States maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv because Israelis and Palestinians have competing claims to Jerusalem. Israel considers Jerusalem its undivided capital but Palestinians seek east Jerusalem for the capital of a future state. (Read more from “Pence: WH Still Weighing Jerusalem Embassy Move” HERE)

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