Photo Credit: screen capture / Channel 2 news via Rotter.net
Sheldon Adelson and Dr. Miriam Adelson

Jewish casino magnate and pro-Israel philanthropist Sheldon Adelson met with U.S. President Donald Trump Monday night, according to Israel’s Channel 2 television news.

The business mogul reportedly expressed disappointment that the U.S. Embassy has not yet been moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem – one of Trump’s campaign promises to the Jewish community.

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Adelson has been a major supporter of the Republican Party, and donated millions of dollars to Trump’s presidential campaign.

In May 2017, Trump signed the six-month waiver that officially postpones the necessity of complying the with American law that mandates the transfer of the embassy to Israel’s capital city, Jerusalem, for “reasons of national security.”

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.