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Source: http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Spokesman/Pages/SpokeStatement010617.aspx
Netanyahu: "Maintaining Embassies Outside the Capital Drives Peace Further Away"
(Prime Minister's Office) In response to President Trump's decision not to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, Prime Minister Netanyahu said: "Israel's consistent position is that the American embassy, like the embassies of all countries with whom we have diplomatic relations, should be in Jerusalem, our eternal capital. Maintaining embassies outside the capital drives peace further away by helping keep alive the Palestinian fantasy that the Jewish people and the Jewish state have no connection to Jerusalem. Though Israel is disappointed that the embassy will not move at this time, we appreciate today's expression of President Trump's friendship to Israel and his commitment to moving the embassy in the future."