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US Senate votes 97-3 to keep US Embassy in Jerusalem

The three opposing votes were Democratic Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Tom Carper of Delaware.

by  ILH Staff
Published on  02-05-2021 11:53
Last modified: 02-05-2021 11:53
US Senate votes 97-3 to keep US Embassy in JerusalemOren Ben Hakoon

A road sign points the way toward the US Embassy in Jerusalem | File photo: Oren Ben Hakoon

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The United States Senate late Thursday night voted 97-3 in favor of an amendment to the COVID-19 budget resolution to keep the US Embassy in Jerusalem.

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The vote was put forward by Republican Senators Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee.

Following the vote, Inhofe tweeted that the amendment "would make the US Embassy in Jerusalem permanent, effectively preventing it from being downgraded or moved. It's an important message that we acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."

The US Embassy in Israel was relocated to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv in 2018 under former President Donald Trump. Five months after declaring US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the new embassy was inaugurated in a festive ceremony.

In late April, while on the campaign trail as the Democratic presidential candidate, current US President Joe Biden said the US Embassy in Israel would remain in Jerusalem if he was elected, even as he called Trump's decision to move the diplomatic base from Tel Aviv "short-sighted and frivolous."

At the time, Biden told donors he'd reopen a US consulate in east Jerusalem to engage Palestinian leaders in talks about a "two-state solution" to the conflict.

"I've been a proud supporter of a secure, democratic Jewish state of Israel my entire life," Biden said at the time. But, he added: "My administration will urge both sides to take steps to keep the prospect of a two-state solution alive."

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