Posted on 12/06/20
| News Source: Algemeiner
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated the third anniversary of US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Sunday by expressing profuse thanks to outgoing president Donald Trump and hanging a copy of the proclamation on the wall of the cabinet room.
The proclamation, which Trump issued when he recognized Jerusalem and moved the US embassy there from Tel Aviv, will hang next to the 1948 proclamation by then-president Harry Truman recognizing the newly-established State of Israel.
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“These two historic proclamations will never be forgotten,” Netanyahu said. “They will never be forgotten by the Jewish people and by the Jewish state. They will be cherished for generations.”
Netanyahu also expressed thanks to Trump for recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights and “legitimate rights” in the West Bank; as well as his proposed peace plan, helping forge the Abraham Accords with the UAE and Bahrain, and his policies to contain Iran. Read more at Algemeiner