U.S. to open embassy in Jerusalem

The U.S. Embassy, which is set to move from Tel Aviv on May 14, will be temporarily housed in American consular offices within a diplomatic compound that was built on disputed territory

LEB.
Tel Aviv
SYRIA
WEST BANK
Jerusalem
ISRAEL
GAZA
EGYPT
JORDAN
80km 50 miles


WEST BANK
Ramallah
Armistice Line drawn at end of 1948-49 war
EAST JERUSALEM
ISRAEL 
WEST BANK
Old City
2km 1.2 miles
Bethlehem
Jerusalem municipal boundary
WEST JERUSALEM
U.S. Consulate General
Agron Street
Consular Section
Flusser Street
“No Man’s Land”
Allenby Barracks: Possible location of new U.S. Embassy


Former Diplomat Hotel, now part of U.S. consular compound in Arnona neighbourhood

Ambassador David Friedman’s office will be located in consular section until new embassy building is erected in 2019
Consular compound sits in “No Man’s Land” – area between 1949 armistice lines originally claimed by both Jordan and Israel. Israel’s annexation of area in 1967 war has never been internationally recognized and UN considers it occupied territory



Sources: U.S. Government, B’Tselem Pictures: Getty Images, Satellite imagery via Planet
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