19 December 2006
President Bush has again delayed moving the United States embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The move has been postponed every six months since the Jerusalem Embassy Act, which mandates that the US diplomatic representation should be in Jerusalem, Israel's capital, passed by Congress in 1995. Bush wrote in a statement Monday that his "administration remains committed to beginning the process of moving our embassy to Jerusalem." US presidents have postponed the move to avoid angering the Muslim world, which does not accept Israeli control of Jerusalem.
