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Netanyahu: US embassy, under Trump, 'must' move to al-Quds

Sunday, 29 January 2017 2:34 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 29 January 2017 5:49 PM ]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) arrives to chair the weekly cabinet meeting in the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds, January 29, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

President Donald Trump said in September that Washington would recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as the "capital" of Israel, and now the regime's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the relocation of the US embassy to the occupied Palestinian city is a "must."

"The US embassy must move here to Jerusalem [al-Quds]," Netanyahu said on Sunday, further claiming that "it would be good if the American embassy wasn't the only one to move here."

"I think that with time the majority of embassies will move to Jerusalem [al-Quds]," Netanyahu added.

It was September 25, 2016, when the current president of the United States, Trump, told Netanyahu that Washington would recognize the city as the "undivided capital" of Israel if he won the presidential election.

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