Education Minister Naftali Bennet says Trump’s decision to postpone moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem will damage prospects of reaching peace with the Palestinians.
“There is no peace based on the division of Jerusalem,” Bennett says in an English-language statement.
“Delaying the US Embassy move will in fact have an opposite affect and damage the prospect of a lasting peace by nurturing false expectations among the Palestinians regarding the division of Jerusalem, which will never happen,” he says.
“Only recognizing a united Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty will end illusions and pave the way to a sustainable peace with our neighbors,” he adds.
Bennett, the chairman of the pro-settlement Jewish Home party, has repeatedly called on the US president to fulfill his campaign promise and move the embassy to Jerusalem.
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