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U.S. Embassy in Israel To Be Moved
by TOM RAUM
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush intends to keep a campaign
promise to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem, Secretary of State Colin Powell asserted Wednesday.
The State Department later insisted Powell was only restating
what has been U.S. policy for some time.
The embassy move would lend support to Israeli claims to the city
as its undivided capital.
Powell, appearing before the House International Relations
Committee, was asked about the status of Bush's campaign promise.
''President Bush is committed to moving our embassy to
Jerusalem,'' Powell said. ''The process is ongoing. We have not
started any actions yet. And in light of the very difficult
situation that exists right now, we'll continue to examine how
that process should start.
''But it does remain his commitment to move the embassy to the
capital of Israel, which is Jerusalem.''
Not long after Powell spoke, State Department spokesman Philip
Reeker said, ''There has been no change in U.S. policy. The
secretary described the situation on the ground.''
A senior State Department official later said U.S. policy has
been and continues to be that the front-line parties, Israel and
the Palestinian Authority, have agreed that the status of
Jerusalem is to be resolved between them.
Asked how that policy affects decisions on the location of the
embassy, the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity,
said only that Powell's comments do not imply any change in the
U.S. view of Jerusalem's status.
One of the bitterest schisms in any peace talks over the last
decade has been Jerusalem, which the Palestinians insist also
should house the capital of a Palestinian state. Negotiations
currently are suspended because of violence in
Palestinian-controlled areas.
When former President Clinton first ran in 1992, he, too,
advocated moving the embassy from Tel Aviv. Clinton never acted
on the promise, even though Congress several times tried to force
his hand by approving money for the move.
The issue resurfaced in August 2000, when then Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Barak told Israel television he understood that
Clinton planned to move the embassy on his last day in office.
Again, the move never materialized.
Israel long has considered Jerusalem its capital, but only a few
countries have accepted its claim to the whole city.
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