The transfer of the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet office from West to East Jerusalem is not imminent. Premier Menachem Begin is reported to have told the U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis today. Their meeting followed a wave of press speculation that the move is imminent, which has drawn sharply negative reactions from abroad.
The timing of the press reports was seen here as especially awkward in view of the ongoing Security Council debate this week on Jerusalem. There is now speculation here — unconfirmed by official sources — that the U.S. indicated to Israel it would not veto a hostile resolution on Jerusalem unless any plans for the imminent transfer of the Embassy were shelved.
CORRECTION
Due to a technical error, the story in the June 25 Daily News Bulletin “Carter, Kennedy Supporters Reach Compromise on Jerusalem Plank” stated erroneously that aides of Sen. Kennedy “had fought for this qualifying sentence.” It should have read “fought against.”
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