Trump's Jerusalem Embassy Move 'Did a Great Service for Peace,' Israeli Prime Minister Says
Source: Newsweek Magazine
BY GRACE GUARNIERI ON 1/28/18 AT 12:14 PM
President Donald Trump's move to relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem did a "great service for peace" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview on Sunday.
Netanyahu praised Trump in an interview CNN's Fareed Zakaria, saying that the U.S. president "made history by recognizing history." The prime minister noted that the seat of Israeli government is located in Jerusalem. The recent announcement by Trump to move the embassy was met with backlash from Palestinian leadership, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas slamming Trump's plan as "the slap of the century."
"He did a great service for peace because peace can only be based on truth, on reality. And denying the simple fact that Israel's capital is Jerusalem is—pushes peace backward by creating an illusion, a fantasy. You can't build peace on fantasy," Netanyahu said of Trump, according to The Hill.
Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced his intention to move the U.S. Embassy on December 6, 2017. During the World Economic Forum last week, Trump said in a meeting with Netanyahu that a small version of the embassy would be opened sometime next year.
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