“The transfer of the [US] embassy [to Jerusalem] will only bring the possibility of a diplomatic solution closer,” he added.
At the hearing being held to consider President Donald Trump’s proposed relocation of the US Embassy, many members of Congress said they had always wondered why Israel was the one country where America’s embassy was not located in the national capital.
Gold stressed that by failing to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the US was helping to feed the dangerous fantasy that Israel is...
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