President Bush postponed moving the Israeli Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem for an additional six months. The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 requires the United States to move its embassy to Jerusalem, but presidents since then have made use of a waiver enabling them to postpone the move for national security reasons.
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