So Newt wants to be taken seriously by the Jewish voters.... He announces today that if he were elected president he would move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem {The Capitol of the Jewish state}. While this is a noble thing for him to say {if it is sincere} it is also something I have a hard time believing. We have had other republican presidents who promised to recognize the Jewish capitol only to have them forget their promise once they are in office. I believe ex-president Bush also promised to move the embassy to Jerusalem but he did not do so...
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150515Gingrich: I'd Move the U.S. Embassy to JerusalemGOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich tells Republican Jewish activists: I'll move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv if elected.By Elad Benari
First Publish: 12/8/2011, 3:10 AM
GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich promised Republican Jewish activists on Wednesday that, if elected President, he would move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The Washington Post reported that Gingrich also promised to use U.S. dollars to fund “every dissident group” in Iran and said he would appoint former UN Ambassador John Bolton, a conservative favorite, to head the State Department.
Gingrich’s pro-Israel speech was made as part of a gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington. All GOP presidential candidates except for Rep. Ron Paul spoke during the gathering and all expressed strong support for the Jewish state, The Washington Post said.
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http://secureisrael.com/embassy.htmGeorge Bush promised to move the American embassy to Jerusalem.
"'Something will happen when I'm president,' Bush told a Jewish lobbying group a year ago. 'As soon as I take office I will begin the process of moving the U.S. ambassador to the city Israel has chosen as its capital.' The Bush campaign in October slammed Vice President Al Gore for backsliding on the move."
Was the promise kept?
No way!
"Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 7(a) of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45) (the 'Act'), I hereby determine that it is necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States to suspend for a period of six months the limitations set forth in sections 3(b) and 7(b) of the Act."
--June 11 presidential memorandum delaying the congressionally mandated relocation of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.