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June 6, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://freebeacon.com/national-security/israels-ambassador-move-the-u-s-embassy-to-jerusalem/

Israel's Ambassador: Move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem

(Washington Free Beacon) Adam Kredo - Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, has called on Congress to "finally" move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Lawmakers have for years tried to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. However, successive administrations have been reluctant to formalize the move. Dermer told U.S. lawmakers at a Capitol Hill event marking Jerusalem Day on May 29 that it is "finally" time for the United States to acknowledge Jerusalem as Israel's "undivided" capital and to relocate the U.S. embassy there. "In doing so you will not undermine the prospects for peace, you will strengthen the chances for peace because for peace to hold in our region it has to be based on truth," Dermer said. "We all want to see peace happen. The best way we can do that is by beginning to speak the truth, by defending Jerusalem and defending the eternal connection that we have to our ancient capital....Jerusalem is the heart and soul of the Jewish people," he said, adding that Jerusalem will never again be divided. "It is the center of our national life and the center of our religious life."

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