The Orthodox Union has started an online petition calling on President-elect Donald Trump to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.
The move would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s “chosen capital,” the OU petition on Change.org says. As of Dec. 6, the petition by the umbrella group for Orthodox synagogues and organizations was only 165 signers short of its goal of 1,500.
Trump pledged during the 2016 campaign to move the embassy to Jerusalem.
President Obama recently signed a waiver to prevent moving the embassy to Jerusalem. It was the eighth time that Obama signed the waiver, which must be renewed every six months to prevent a 1995 law passed by Congress, mandating the move of the embassy to Jerusalem, from kicking in. — jta