Conway: US embassy move to Jerusalem a ‘big priority’

Published December 12, 2016 4:03pm ET



President-elect Trump has held discussions with his transition team about the process of moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and has made the change a top priority, a senior aide said Monday.

Less than 24 hours after Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told the New York Times he is optimistic that the incoming Republican president will deliver on his campaign promise to relocate the embassy “sooner rather than later,” Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said Trump has made changing the embassy’s location “a very big priority” in his overall agenda.

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