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Audio: Daniel Pipes on US Embassy move to Jerusalem

March 15, 2018

Audio: Daniel Pipes on US Embassy move to Jerusalem

The former Diplomat Hotel

President Trump announced in December last year that he was veering from almost seven decades of American policy to relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and formally recognise Israel’s capital.

On ABC Radio National’s “Between the Lines”, presenter Tom Switzer discusses the controversial US decision with Daniel Pipes from the Middle East Forum.

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