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US ambassador Friedman ‘pretty confident’ Trump will move embassy to Jerusalem
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe US ambassador to Israel says he is “pretty confident” that the US embassy will be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem during US President Donald Trump’s current term in office.
According to the American Jewish television network JBS, David Friedman made the statement at the ZOA Gala in New York on Sunday.
Friedman was asked by Mark Golub, JBS president, if the embassy would be moved “from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem during Donald Trump’s first four years in office.” He replied, “I’m pretty confident that it will. Yes.”
The network will air the ZOA gala, including the Friedman interview, on November 27.
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