Republican Party mega-donor and hard-line Zionist Sheldon Adelson is reportedly furious at US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for his comments which indicate that the Trump administration is apparently backing out on a campaign promise to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds.
Sources told Axios news website that Adelson was unhappy about Tillerson’s statement he made on Sunday in which he said President Donald Trump was being “very careful” in weighing his campaign promise to move the embassy.
During the election campaign, Trump had vowed to move the US embassy immediately after assuming office, but Tillerson poured cold water on Israeli hopes.
“As you know, the president has recently expressed his view that he wants to put a lot of effort into seeing if we cannot advance a peace initiative between Israel and Palestine,” Tillerson said.
“And so I think in large measure the president is being very careful to…