A US Congressional delegation arrived on Friday in Tel Aviv to discuss moving the US Embassy to occupied Jerusalem Radio Israel said.
For his part Yehuda Glick a Knesset member posted on his Facebook page that the delegates will meet with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others during their 24-hour visit to discuss transferring the embassy from the practical and political perspectives.
The new US president Donald Trump who is known for his pro-Israel stands has declared many times that he intends to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv city to occupied Jerusalem “to emphasize that Jerusalem is the capital of the Israeli state” as he put it.
However Trump told an Israeli newspaper in February about the issue “I’m still considering it and we will see what will happen. The decision is not easy and it has been discussed over years.”
Trump’s position is opposed by the international community and the UN resolutions which deal with East Jerusalem as an occupied territory and do not recognize the Israeli decisions considering Jerusalem as a capital of the Israeli state. These resolutions also reject the settlement activity in occupied Jerusalem and regard it contrary to the international law.
The majority of the embassies of foreign countries including the European ones which maintain diplomatic ties with Israel are located in Tel Aviv since the international community refuses the annexation of Jerusalem to Israel and deems it illegal.
The Palestine Liberation organization threatened that it will abolish its recognition of Israel once the US embassy is moved to Jerusalem.
