Trump on Jerusalem Embassy Move: "I Don't Break Promises"

Valerie Locke : Jan 19, 2017
Breaking Israel News

"You can move the embassy in one morning by a small change: Take the plaque of the consulate in Jerusalem and replace it with one that says 'embassy' ... [It would] change the whole dynamic around Jerusalem and Israel." -Nir Barkat, mayor of Jerusalem

(Israel)—[Breaking Israel News] President-elect Donald Trump reassured supporters on Tuesday that he does not intend to go back on his campaign promise to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying, "You know that I am not a person who breaks promises." (Photo: Breaking Israel News)

Speaking from the Chairman's Global Dinner in Washington DC, Trump said that he "clearly did not forget" his guarantee to move the embassy, an act which has come to represent Trump's pro-Israel stance and enjoys wide bipartisan support from Congress.

While a number of past presidents have promised to make the momentous move while campaigning, none have ever followed through, wary of stirring tensions in a city which both Israelis and Palestinians claim as their capital. Trump, however, remained adamant throughout the race that upon taking office, he would "move the American embassy to the eternal capital of the Jewish people, Jerusalem."

He has appointed an ambassador to...

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