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Is the US Embassy in Jerusalem for Israel or America?

Al Jazeera asks what led to the deaths of nine Americans killed in the occupied West Bank since twenty twenty-two, and whom the embassy serves.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on Weekend Edition
Published 3:12 PM ET, Saturday, October 17, 2026

Photo: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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Watch it as it aired: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on this story, from Weekend Edition at 3:12 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Al Jazeera's, the jokes are ours.

Photo: Embassy of the United States, Jerusalem — Photo: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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First reported by Al Jazeera: “Is the US Embassy in Jerusalem for Israel or America?”
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 3:12 PM ET on Weekend Edition, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Israel, America, US.
BBN covered this story before: Netanyahu praises Trump's 'wicked sense of humor' ahead of Israel vote (October 17).

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Jerusalem today, Al Jazeera is asking whom the US Embassy actually serves, and what led to the deaths of nine Americans killed in the occupied West Bank since twenty twenty-two.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAn embassy that has to be asked whose side it's on has a long answer coming.

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