Tag: U.S. Embassy
Senate votes 97-3 to keep US embassy in Jerusalem
The U.S. Senate voted late Thursday night in favor of an amendment to the COVID-19 budget resolution to keep the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
The final tally was 97-3. The three opposing votes were Sens....
US embassy in Jerusalem recognizes city’s link to America’s founding values
The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, along with the United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, held a special ceremony at the City of David on Monday in recognition of the “seminal...
Report: US ambassador’s Herzliya residence sold to Sheldon Adelson
The U.S. State Department confirmed on Tuesday that it had selected a buyer for the former Chief of Mission Residence in Herzliya.
“The buyer was selected solely on the basis of having submitted the highest and best...
Kellyanne Conway calls out ‘scare tactics’ used by critics of Israel’s sovereignty plan
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday criticized the “scare tactics” employed by critics of Israel’s plan to apply its sovereignty to the Jordan Valley, and parts of Judea and Samaria.
Asked during a press...
How much of Trump’s foreign policy would Biden preserve?
Democrats can’t wait until next January. They’re hoping that the next inauguration day will be the end of their long nightmare, and they can put the presidency of Donald Trump in the rear-view mirror....
Biden affirms he won’t move embassy back to Tel Aviv
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, reiterated on Wednesday that if elected in November, he would keep the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
“The move shouldn’t have happened in the...
The ‘deep state’ fought Israel and lost
Americans and viewers around the world have been transfixed this week by the first public hearing by the U.S. House of Representatives on the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
At the center of the proceedings...
Booker, Biden, Gillibrand wouldn’t move US embassy in Jerusalem if elected president
U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand, and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, have said that if elected president in 2020, each of them would keep the U.S. embassy in Israel in Jerusalem, despite criticizing U.S. President...
Presidential candidate Joe Sestak would move the US embassy ‘back out of Jerusalem’
Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, who is running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, said on Friday that, if elected, he would undo U.S. President Donald Trump’s relocation of the U.S. embassy in...
If elected president, Montana governor promises to keep US embassy in Jerusalem
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who is running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, said on Tuesday that if elected, the U.S. embassy in Israel would remain in Jerusalem “because it’s moved,” reported CBS News.
However,...