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Tuesday, December 6, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Online petition calls on Trump to move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Orthodox Union is starting an online petition calling on President-elect Donald Trump to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.
The move would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s “chosen capital,” the OU petition on Change.org says. It also notes that June 2017 will mark the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.
Trump pledged during the 2016 campaign to move the embassy to Jerusalem.
The petition currently has more than 1,200 signers out of a goal of 1,500.
“Early in your presidency will be a fitting, if overdue, time for you, President-Elect Donald Trump, to relocate the American embassy in Israel to the capital of the Jewish state,” the petition to be sent to Trump concludes.
— JTA
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