Former Prime Minister Joe Clark, seen at a 1979 news conference where he discussed his plans to move Canada's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. (CBC)While running for U.S. president, Donald Trump made a similar pledge to Clark's to move his country's embassy. Trump is not the first U.S. president to pledge moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. In light of Clark's failed 1979 effort, Canada's embassy remains in Tel Aviv, in a grey office building called Canada House. The Palestinian leadership launched a diplomatic drive to pressure the Trump administration to refrain from recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and moving its embassy.

Source: CBC News December 05, 2017 17:14 UTC