(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - The Palestinian Authority on Saturday welcomed as "encouraging" President Obama's decision not to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Obama on Friday invoked U.S. national security interests to notify Congress that he will not move the embassy to Jerusalem. Obama's notification did not include a commitment to moving the embassy at some point in the future, unlike his predecessors, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
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