Bush Defers Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem

(Ha'aretz/Reuters) - President George Bush on Monday again deferred for six months the moving of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Congress passed a bill in 1995 aimed at moving the embassy to Jerusalem, but allowed the president to postpone the move for national security reasons.


2002-06-18 00:00:00

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