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dec 4, 2017 - Trump nearing decision on whether to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital

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By law, President Trump must decide today whether to sign a waiver that would delay a move of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv by another six months, State Department officials told ABC News. He has already signed the waiver once. Now he is faced with a choice between sticking to his campaign promises or taking the more diplomatic route of his predecessors.

Since 1995, every U.S. president has signed the waiver, despite some of their own campaign promises.

In the spring of 2016, Trump said in a speech to AIPAC, one of the most powerful lobbying groups promoting U.S.-Israel relations, "We will move the American Embassy to the eternal capital city of the Jewish people, Jerusalem."

"I didn't come here tonight to pander to you about Israel," he added. "That’s what politicians do. All talk, no action, believe me."

Past candidates from both parties have promised to move the embassy to Jerusalem, but none have followed through after arriving in the Oval Office.

As a candidate for president, George W. Bush told AIPAC in 2000, "As soon as I take office, I will begin the process of moving the United States ambassador to the city Israel has chosen as its capital."

In March 1992, when Bill Clinton was a candidate, he said, "I believe in the principle of moving our embassy to Jerusalem, but again, I do not think we should do anything to interfere with the peace process."

"Israel's consistent policy is that the American Embassy, like other embassies, should be in Jerusalem, our eternal capital," Israel's Prime Minister's Office said in a statement in June.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/whats-stake-us-recognizes-jerusalem-israels-capital-moves/story?id=51561836

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dec 4, 2017
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