"I want to take the opportunity to make it unequivocally clear that our position has always been, and remains so now and at all times, that the U.S. embassy should be here, in Jerusalem," Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday.
A day earlier, Marc Zell, head of the Republicans Overseas Israel branch, claimed that Washington was "proceeding cautiously because of concerns raised by Israeli officials." Palestinian officials have insisted that the symbolic gesture would set off a new spiral of tension in the Middle East.
Israel still supports US embassy move to Jerusalem, says Netanyahu
30 January 2017
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his government is in favor of a mooted move of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, despite comments from the Trump administration that Israel was stalling the proposal.
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