Trump ‘careful to understand’ Israel embassy move

US President Donald Trump is careful to understand” his campaign pledge to move the Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds, says his secretary of state as the president was being cheered by the regime to make the move.

“The president is being very careful to understand how such a decision would impact a peace process,” Rex Tillerson told NBC just days ahead of Trump’s visit to the Middle East.

Tillerson indicated that an important factor for the administration was “whether Israel views it as being helpful to a peace initiative or perhaps a distraction.”

The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to respond to his comments in a statement, claiming that the measure would help bring about peace!

“Israel’s position has been stated many times before to the American administration and the world,” read the statement.”Moving the American embassy to Jerusalem will not harm the peace process, it will do the opposite. It will advance it by righting a historical wrong and by shattering the Palestinian fantasy that Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel.”

The response triggered the “first public dispute” between Tel Aviv and the Trump administration, according to Israeli newspaper, Haaretz.