‘Jerusalem mayor in talks with US officials over possible embassy move’

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is in talks with White House officials about fulfilling US President Donald Trump’s pledge to relocate the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to the capital, the mayor said on Monday.

Noting that the US president plans on conducting hearings to discuss the contentious move, Barkat called Trump “a true friend of Israel who keeps his promises…

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I congratulate President Trump and the historic message being sent by the White House by beginning hearings to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem,” the mayor said in a statement released on Monday.

 

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