US Vice President Mike Pence addressed the Knesset on Monday, giving a strong pro-Israeli speech and promising the controversial relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be completed in less than two years. US Vice President Mike Pence addressed the Knesset on Monday, giving a strong pro-Israeli speech and promising the controversial relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be completed in less than two years. The Palestinians on Monday slammed the speech of the US Vice President Mike Pence he addressed the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in which he expressed his country’s commitment to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Pence addressed the Knesset on Monday, giving a strong pro-Israeli speech and promising the controversial relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be completed in less than two years. Pence’s visit to Israel came amidst heightened tensions in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s statement on December 6, which said that US recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Source: Indian Express January 23, 2018 03:45 UTC