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	Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. George W. Bush with wife his wife, Laura, and Arizona Sen. John McCain and his wife, Cindy, pose for photographers in the Red Rock Crossing area of Sedona, Ariz., Sunday, Aug. 13, 2000. Bush will head back to Austin Sunday, ending his western campaign swing. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

August 15, 2000 

JERUSALEM (AP) - Gov. George W. Bush is committed to moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem if elected president, but the transfer would not be immediate because many details have to be worked out, his foreign policy adviser said Monday.

Speaking to Israel's Army Radio, the adviser, Condoleeza Rice, also said that while Bush, the presidential nominee of the Republical Party, expects to bring changes to many areas of American foreign policy, the Middle East will not likely be one of them.

Rice said Bush supports U.S. President Bill Clinton's efforts to bring the two sides together for negotiations and intends to continue the active U.S. role in the peace process, but will not dictate solutions.

"It's his belief that...if Israel and her neighbors come to an agreement they fundamentally believe makes them more secure, the United States should try to facilitate that. No one can impose an agreement," said Rice.

In the past, Bush has publicly criticized Clinton for pressuring Israel and said America's role should be to support the Jewish state as it settles its own affairs.

The presidential hopeful has said he supports moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the disputed city claimed by both Israel and the Palestinians as a capital.

U.S. President Bill Clinton has blocked the move of the embassy. However, after last month's failed Mideast peace summit at Camp David, he said he would consider moving the embassy to Jerusalem before the end of his term in January, a possibility that has raised an angry backlash in the Arab world.

The Camp David talks broke down over the future of Jerusalem. The Palestinians demand sovereignty over all of traditionally Arab east Jerusalem, while Barak offered them a role in parts of the sector.

Palestinians say moving the embassy would be tantamount to recognizing Israel's claims to the city and undermine Washington's role as a mediator in the peace talks.

However, Bush believes Israel has the right to declare its capital "like any other country in the world," said Rice.

Asked whether in the event of a Bush victory, the new president would move the embassy immediately, Rice said: "Upon becoming president, he would begin the process. Well, I think there are many details, but he is committed to moving the embassy."

Rice was invited to Israel to speak at an annual lecture series at Tel Aviv University. Her lecture is entitled, "Challenges for American Foreign Policy in the 21st Century."