Pence says US embassy in Jerusalem to open by end of 2019

January 22, 2018 20:41

US Vice President Mike Pence pledged today that his country would move its Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem "by the end" of 2019, a step

fiercely opposed by Palestinians.

In the same speech from the rostrum of the Israeli parliament Pence urged the Palestinians to resume long-stalled peace talks with the Jewish state.

"Jerusalem is Israel's capital, and as such President Trump has directed the State Department to immediately begin preparations to move the United States embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem," Pence said to prolonged applause from Israeli parliamentarians.

"In the weeks ahead our administration will advance its plan to open the United States embassy in Jerusalem. And that United States embassy will open before the end of next year."

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