Netanyahu’s office denies rumours he opposes US Embassy move to Jerusalem

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied a reporter’s tweet asserting that the Israeli leader asked President Donald Trump not to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.

“The claims posted by a Fox News correspondent are false,” read the statement Monday from the Prime Minister’s Office, which went on to quote from summaries by then-acting National Security Adviser Yaakov Nagel of Netanyahu’s meetings with Trump at the White House on Feb. 17 in which he supported the move.

Earlier in the day, Conor Powell posted on Twitter, “Everyone I’ve spoken to in DC that has been briefed on #Jerusalem embassy move says #Netanyahu told #Trump not to move embassy at this time.”

The same day, during a Likud party meeting, Netanyahu again expressed his support for moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv.

“My consistent and unequivocal position is that the U.S. Embassy should move to Jerusalem, as should other embassies,” Netanyahu said at the meeting.