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Last update - 03:40 06/06/2009
Obama postpones U.S. embassy move from T.A. to Jerusalem
By Haaretz Service
Tags: obama, jerusalem 

United States President Barack Obama on Friday postponed moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by an additional six months, Israel Radio reported.

A senior White House official said that U.S. policy regarding the status of Jerusalem remains unchanged, and that it is a final-status issue to be resolved within the framework of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

The U.S. Congress approved the transfer of the embassy 14 years ago.
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Last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that all of Jerusalem would always remain under Israeli sovereignty. Netanyahu said he had made the same declaration during his visit to Washington last month when he met with Obama.

"The new U.S. administration informs us with intolerably ease that we have to give up Jerusalem," the premier said during a May ceremony marking Jerusalem Day.

"With all due respect, the U.S. president sees the American interest and does not know that Jerusalem is not a territorial issue, but a much deeper one - 'the hope of two thousand years/the land of Zion and Jerusalem,'" he said, quoting Israel's national anthem.
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  1.   This isn`t news 03:46  |  LisaV 06/06/09
  2.   Who does this schmuck think he is? 04:06  |  Michael Zubick 06/06/09
  3.   A RIGHT THING TO DO 04:09  |  indrajaya 06/06/09
  4.   YOU GO OBAMA! YOU THE MAN!!! 05:00  |  tasha 06/06/09
  5.   move embassy to Jerusalem 05:04  |  dmmd 06/06/09
  6.   Obama said Jerusalem should be Israeli 05:13  |  hechangesashegoes 06/06/09
  7.   #2 Michael 05:15  |  Observer 06/06/09
  8.   # 2, THE SCHMUCK IS... 05:45  |  Ed 06/06/09
  9.   My disgust runeth over. The embassy site is in W. Jerusalem 06:14  |  Irgunista 06/06/09
  10.   # 2 06:20  |  # One 06/06/09
  11.   Trying to kick the Palestinians out of Jerusalem 06:30  |  David 06/06/09
  12.   To Zudick War draws boundaries, Israel won 06:30  |  OC 06/06/09
  13.   Jerusalem belongs to the Jews 08:23  |  Spanish Jew 06/06/09
  14.   To Michael Zubick 08:24  |  John 06/06/09
  15.   Write on, Irgunista! 08:55  |  yona 06/06/09
  16.   To Michael Zubick, He is the President of the United States. 09:03  |  Adam Rahman 06/06/09
  17.   "Two thousand years." Crap! 10:41  |  Maureen Ann 06/06/09
  18.   #16 Adam Rahman 11:14  |  BOB KING 06/06/09
  19.   The 3rd option.. Obama`s 11:19  |  maoriboy 06/06/09
  20.   Good Move Mr President. 12:13  |  Buck 06/06/09
  21.   #6he..............goes 12:18  |  Beily 06/06/09
  22.   #13.spanish Jew in USA 12:25  |  Husseini 06/06/09
  23.   yona, history isn`t so simple. 12:38  |  Rod 06/06/09
  24.   The 3rd option.. Obama`s 12:41  |  maoriboy 06/06/09
  25.   2000 year old Jerusalem hope has no basis in international law 13:24  |  Ivar 06/06/09
  26.   The logical and right decision, 13:24  |  Joe 06/06/09
  27.   #25 Ivar law what law? 14:40  |  maoriboy 06/06/09
  28.   The Importance of Jerusalem 19:13  |  Scott Denard 06/06/09
  29.   Bob King; Your thought is part of the problem 19:27  |  Adam 06/06/09
  30.   Jerusalem, the eternal capital of Israel 19:47  |  Akiva P 06/06/09
  31.   Stop the hate 22:06  |  Good 06/06/09
  32.   #11 14:01  |  Larry Uzzell 07/06/09
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