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July 8, 1999
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First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed support for Jerusalem as the “eternal and indivisible capital of Israel” in a July 2 letter to the Orthodox Union. In the letter, which was released on Wednesday, Clinton also endorsed moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but said “the timing of such a move must be sensitive to Israel’s interest in achieving a secure peace with its neighbors.” Earlier this year, Clinton tried to distance herself from her previous support for a Palestinian state, saying that the issue should be left to final-status negotiations between the two parties.

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