United States Embassy in Tel Aviv
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The United States Embassy in Tel Aviv was the US diplomatic mission in Israel until May 2018 . The embassy complex opened in 1966 and is located on HaYarkon Street in Tel Aviv-Jaffa . There is a consulate general in Jerusalem . David M. Friedman is US Ambassador to Israel.
history
The United States was the first country to de facto recognize the newly formed State of Israel on May 14, 1948 . The de jure Approval took place on 31 January 1949. Shortly thereafter, the American was Embassy in Tel Aviv opened. James Grover McDonald began work as the first ambassador on March 28, 1949.
Debate about the location of the embassy
The status of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is controversial and has not been finally clarified. Both Israel and the Palestinians claim the symbolically important city for both ethnic groups as their capital.
At the end of 1995 the US Congress decided to move the US embassy to Jerusalem. The US government (then under Bill Clinton ) was given until May 31, 1999. However, the law did not come into force until the renewed debate in 2017, as it will only come into effect through a presidential decree. The incumbent can postpone it for six months every six months. So far, all presidents have made use of this right.
The 45th US President Donald Trump announced in his 2016 election campaign that the US embassy would be relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Trump informed Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas of his intention in December 2017, and on December 6th he officially confirmed the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and had the embassy moved there.
The Palestinian leadership warned of the serious effects of this decision on the peace process as well as security and stability in the region and the world. Abbas affirmed that there would be no Palestinian state without East Jerusalem as its capital. The Arab and Islamic states in particular were outraged by the announcement: Head of State Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke of a “red line of Muslims” and threatened to break off relations between Turkey and Israel. Key US ally Saudi Arabia's king Salman warned the relocation would provoke and enrage Muslims around the world.
The international community reacted negatively to Trump's announcement. The United Nations, the European Union and also the German federal government spoke out clearly against moving the US embassy. The US embassy in Jerusalem opened on May 14, 2018.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Süddeutsche de GmbH, Munich Germany: New US ambassador to Israel wants to work in Jerusalem. Süddeutsche Zeitung , December 16, 2016, accessed on August 26, 2020 .
- ^ Ambassador David Melech Friedman | US Embassy in Israel . In: US Embassy in Israel . ( usembassy.gov [accessed December 6, 2017]).
- ↑ Policy & History | US Embassy in Israel . In: US Embassy in Israel . ( usembassy.gov [accessed December 5, 2017]).
- ↑ tagesschau.de: US embassy is not moving to Jerusalem for the time being. Retrieved December 5, 2017 (German).
- ^ Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, starts embassy move. Retrieved December 7, 2017 .
- ↑ From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem: Trump informs Abbas about the planned relocation of the US embassy . In: Spiegel Online . December 5, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 5, 2017]).
- ↑ a b tagesschau.de: Questions and Answers: Why is the Jerusalem dispute so delicate? Accessed December 6, 2017 (German).
- ↑ Trump does not travel to the opening of the US embassy. Spiegel Online, May 8, 2018, accessed on the same day.
Coordinates: 32 ° 4 ′ 35.5 ″ N , 34 ° 46 ′ 0.1 ″ E