“In those days shall Yehudah be saved, and Yerushalayim shall dwell safely; and this is the name whereby she shall be called, Hashem is our righteousness.” Jeremiah 33:16 (The Israel Bible™)
Israel’s
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman told Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday
night that he “expects to see the U.S. Embassy at its new location in Jerusalem
soon”.
The comment
came on the heels of a factfinding mission by two Republican senators to
Jerusalem last weekend. The members of the House Subcommittee on National
Security affirmed during the trip, which included scouting locations for the
embassy, that President Donald Trump would not veto the Jerusalem Embassy Act
when it comes up for review again in May.
Liberman and
Pence met at the White House during Liberman’s short visit to Washington and
discussed issues affecting Israel, the US, the Middle East and the American
Jewish community, including the recent rise of anti-Semitism and the threat of
Iran. While the embassy was mentioned, it was not the main focus of the
meeting.
Liberman
thanked Pence for the vice president’s strong condemnation of a wave of anti-Semitic
incidents in the US, noting appreciation for Pence’s personal visit to a Jewish
cemetery in St. Louis that had been vandalized.
“The fact
that you helped repair a vandalized Jewish cemetery proves more than anything
else that the US has zero patience for anti-Semitism,” Liberman said, adding
the generous act sent a message that “Jews are an important and integral part
of the American nation.”
The two
talked over Iran’s recent missile tests, which had also been a subject of
conversation between their chiefs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
President Trump, during a Monday night phone call.
The tests,
said Liberman, are “another sign that we cannot rely on any agreements with
Tehran” such as the nuclear deal signed with Iran under the Obama
administration.
“Israel is
happy to see that US President Donald Trump understands the great danger of the
Ayatollah, and Israel’s need to fight them effectively,” he stated.
Mike Pence
Tweeted that he was “honored” to host the defense minister, proclaiming, “Our
commitment to Israel’s security is unbreakable.”
Following
the meeting, Liberman said, “We have true friends in the White House.
“The
Americans, led by Donald Trump, are Israel’s true partners in dealing with the
various challenges facing us, among them the Iran issue.”
Source: Breakingisraelnews
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