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December 8, 2017       Share:    

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-jerusalem-move-reflects-best-path-for-peace-says-ambassador/

Amb. Friedman: Trump's Jerusalem Move Reflects Best Path for Peace

(Times of Israel) Sue Surkes - President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel reflects the "best path for peace," and those demonstrating against it failed to listen properly to his speech, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told Fox News on Thursday. Trump's aim had been to "foreclose the fantasy that somehow Jerusalem could be disconnected from the State of Israel," he said. "The president didn't want the Israelis to show up at the bargaining table and be forced to negotiate for something that they already had. What he did yesterday was to simply speak the truth, and to develop for the first time a foreign policy based upon reality rather than fantasy." Friedman insisted Trump's speech had put the president "on the right side of history."

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