GOP Senator Urges Biden to Confirm That US Embassy Will Remain in Jerusalem

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Saturday urging him to confirm that his administration will keep the U.S. embassy in Israel’s capital city of Jerusalem. Hagerty’s letter comes after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Friday failed to confirm whether the administration intends to maintain the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem or to move the main office back to Tel Aviv. Psaki informed reporters that she would confer with the National Security team before answering the question. “I am writing to express my serious concern after a senior administration official, on February 5, 2021, chose not to answer one of the most basic and crucial questions about U.S. foreign policy: whether we will keep the American Embassy in Israel’s capital city of Jerusalem,” Hagerty wrote in his letter. “This is not a difficult question and should not require any deliberation.” Under the Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act, which was passed …

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