On December 6, 2017, US President Donald Trump announced the United States recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and ordered the planning of the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on December 7 where 14 out of 15 members condemned Trump’s decision, but the motion was vetoed by the United States.
The US embassy was officially opened in Jerusalem’s southern neighborhood of Arnona on May 14, 2018, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
It’s interesting that on a map the 1949 Armistice Agreement line bisects the new US Embassy in Jerusalem.
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