Pence confirms embassy move in packed Knesset address. On-site report,Rose Report: Mike Pence Marvels at Israel
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Sometimes what counts is not what you say but the way you say it.
In Vice President Mike Pence’s case his Monday afternoon address to the Knesset hit the right tone on both scores.
Speaking before an almost full house — with the exception of members of the Joint List of Arab parties ejected forcibly from the plenum after staging a demonstration with placards saying “Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine” at the start of the speech — Pence cleared up the controversy brewing for the past few days over if and when the US will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Pence said President Trump has ordered “immediate preparations” that will continue in the weeks ahead to make that move and it won’t be a long wait for that to become a fact on the ground.
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