For Israel and the US, Benefits Outweigh Potential Pushback,Five Risks and Rewards of Embassy Move,For Israel and the US, Benefits Outweigh Potential Pushback
PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE An embassy move would represent an unequivocal American show of support for Israel demonstrating the strategic alliance between the two nations (Photos: Flash90 AFP/ImageBank)
L ast month Russia announced that it would recognize West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in the event there was a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
Could the US make that same decision even if peace remains a distant dream?
We will know for sure whether President Trump plans to keep one of his major campaign promises — to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem — when he makes his first state visit to Israel next week.
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