JERUSALEM — The mayor of the city holy to three world religions
delivered a message Thursday to outgoing President Obama: good riddance. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat released a video that disparages Obama and welcomes President-elect Donald Trump.
The
mayor’s video launches an online campaign to encourage Israelis to sign
a letter, which Barkat promises to deliver to Trump officials, urging
the new president to make good on his promise to move the U.S. Embassy, from its current location in Tel Aviv, up the hill 50 miles to Jerusalem.
Barkat’s video pitch begins (in Hebrew, with subtitles):
“My fellow citizens, during the last eight years, the Obama administration has pushed for a settlement-building freeze, has surrendered to the Iranians and radical Islam and abandoned Israel to a hostile U.N. resolution.”
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