President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a waiver to delay relocating the US Embassy in Israel to occupied Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, the White House said, avoiding a controversial step that would have complicated his efforts to restart long-stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace talks.
Trump, who vowed during the 2016 presidential campaign to move the embassy, chose instead to continue his predecessors' policy of signing a six-month waiver overriding a 1995 law requiring that the embassy be transferred to Jerusalem.
Still, a US official said Trump remained committed to his campaign pledge. "He has repeatedly stated his intention to move the embassy," the White House said in a statement.
"The question is not if that move happens, but only when."
Source: Khaleej Times
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