Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanks US President Donald Trump for his “politically incorrect decision” to relocate the US embassy to Jerusalem last year.
At a gala event marking the one-year anniversary of the move, Netanyahu says that for many years, the nations of the world refused to recognize the city as Israel’s capital, until, “one day, out of the blue,” Trump decided that Jerusalem is indeed Israel’s capital, and formally recognized it.
“It’s politically incorrect, in a sophisticated way,” he says, to laud applause from gathered guests.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at an event marking one year since the transfer of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, on May 14, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
He also thanks the US administration for merging its consulate on Jerusalem’s Agron Street — which historically served the Palestinians — with the embassy earlier this year.
“It’s so clear, so obvious. But it takes leadership,” the prime minister says.
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