The indivisible capital of the Jewish state:
President Obama's campaign to take control of Jerusalem from the State of Israel intensified over the weekend.*The above petition emanates from the One Jerusalem organization.
Michael Oren, Israel's Ambassador to the United States was summoned by the Obama administration and told that Israel must stop building in Jerusalem Jewish homes in what is wrongfully called East Jerusalem. The administration disturbed the Jewish Sabbath to deliver this order because the lame duck President of the Palestinian Authority had asked them to stop Jewish people from moving into parts of Jerusalem.
In the past, Israel would respond to an American request like this with quiet acquiescence. But this time, Israel's Prime Minister, speaking on behalf of his coalition and his country set down a new course for relations between Israel and the United States of Barak Obama.
Netanyahu said, "There is no prohibition against Arab residents buying apartments in the west of the city and there is no prohibition barring the city's Jewish residents from buying or building in the east of the city. That is the policy of an open city that is not divided."
He continued,"We cannot accept the notion that Jews will not have the right to buy apartments specifically in Jerusalem. I can only imagine what would happen if they were forbidden from purchasing apartments in New York or London: there would be an international outcry. This has always been Israel's policy and this is the policy of the current government."
Netanyahu also stated that Jerusalem is the "unified capital of the Jewish people, and sovereignty over it is indisputable."
We applaud Netanyahu and his government for setting the record straight. Send the Prime Minister an email supporting him in this decision. While we have been warning that Obama would move against Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem we are saddened that he has taken this course.
Once again we urge you get as many people as you can to sign the united Jerusalem petition. It is the best way to keep informed about the battle for Jerusalem and to learn about ways you can help defend the capital of the Jewish people.
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Congress ordered the US embassy to be moved to Jerusalem..what happened?
President Bush signed a waiver yesterday postponing for six months any relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but said he remained committed to such a move in the future.
Congress passed a bill in 1995 aimed at moving the embassy to Jerusalem, but President Bill Clinton repeatedly made use of an escape clause in the measure allowing him to postpone the move on the grounds of national security.
Bush cited the same clause in his decision, announced as he headed to Europe for his first trip to Europe as president.
Bush Again Delays Move of U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
17/12/2005
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 14, 2005
Presidential Determination
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SUBJECT: Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act
Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, I hereby determine that it is necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States to suspend for a period of 6 months the limitations set forth in sections 3(b) and 7(b) of the Act.
You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this determination to the Congress, accompanied by a report in accordance with section 7(a) of the Act, and to publish the determination in the Federal Register.
This suspension shall take effect after transmission of this determination and report to the Congress.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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