Embassy of the United States, Jerusalem
| Embassy of the United States, Jerusalem | |
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| Coordinates | 31°44′52″N 35°13′29″E / 31.74778°N 35.22472°ECoordinates: 31°44′52″N 35°13′29″E / 31.74778°N 35.22472°E |
| Location | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Address | 14 David Flusser Street |
| Ambassador |
David M. Friedman (March 29, 2017–present) |
| Website | il |
The Embassy of the United States of America in Jerusalem is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America to the State of Israel.
The Embassy opened at its Jerusalem location on May 14, 2018, the 70th anniversary of the creation of the modern State of Israel. It was relocated from its consultate in Tel Aviv by the Donald Trump Administration and is on the site of the previous US Consulate.
The move came 23 years after the passage of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of October 23, 1995, which set a deadline of May 31, 1999, for the move. The Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations had all deferred the move. Eugene Kontorovich claimed that the decision to shift the US embassy to this area is tantamount to the United States recognizing Israeli sovereignty over land that it captured in the Six-Day War in 1967.
The embassy straddles the 1949–67 Armistice line in Jerusalem, located partially in West Jerusalem and partially in no man's land. A senior United Nations official stated: "Under international law it is still occupied territory, because neither party had any right to occupy the area between the lines".
Palestinian officials warned that it could lead to an "inactive war" and violent protests. The Embassy's opening occurred during the bloodiest day of the 2018 Gaza border protests, with more than 57 Palestinians killed.
The opening of a new US Embassy in Jerusalem led several other countries to declare their intention to move their embassies to Jerusalem. Two days after the US Embassy opened, Guatemala opened its embassy in Jerusalem. French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian said, "This decision contravenes international law and in particular the resolutions of the Security Council and the UN General Assembly".
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