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Source: http://jcpa.org/article/the-u-s-embassy-prepares-to-move-to-jerusalem/
The U.S. Embassy Prepares to Move to Jerusalem
(Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Nadav Shragai - The transfer of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem is another nail in the coffin of UN Resolution 181 of November 29, 1947, which called for the internationalization of Jerusalem. The embassy transfer is primarily recognition of the reality that already exists: Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, insisted on declaring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and transferring the main government offices and institutions to the city. In a telegram that he sent to Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett on December 4, 1949, Ben-Gurion wrote: "The State of Israel will not be satisfied in any way with a foreign government in Jewish Jerusalem and its severance from the country. If we are presented with a choice of either leaving Jerusalem or the United Nations, we would prefer to leave the United Nations." The writer, a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Center, is a journalist and commentator who has documented the dispute over Jerusalem for 30 years.