US VP Pence Delays ‘Israel’ Visit Due To Tax Reform Issues

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US Vice President Mike Pence is delaying his visit to the ‘Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories due to tax reform issues in Congress, the Knesset confirmed Thursday.

The Knesset confirmed the postponement, stating that Pence would instead arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday.

His trip to the Zionist entity follows US President Donald Trump's official recognition of occupied al-Quds as ‘Israel's' so-called ‘capital' and decision to move the US embassy there.

Pence's visit to the ‘Israeli' apartheid entity will be part of a wider regional trip that will also take him to the Palestinian Authority and Egypt. He is expected to address the Knesset, the first senior US official to do so since President George W. Bush in 2008.

Pence, in an interview on the Christian Broadcasting Network [CBN], said he was "humbled" by the opportunity to speak to the Knesset.

During that interview, Pence said that he will be delivering what he referred to as a "strong message" that "if the world knows nothing else, the world should know this: Under President Donald Trump, America stands with ‘Israel'."

Pence said that as he travels through the area he will also "reaffirm our commitment to ‘peace' in the region."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team