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Israel approves proposal to build permanent US embassy in Jerusalem

The approval was announced in a joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar, and Construction and Housing Minister Haim Katz.

View of the US Consulate in Jerusalem's Arnona neighborhood, Israel, February 24, 2018.
A funeral ceremony is held at Al-Hussein Al-Askari Hospital for members of Popular Mobilization Forces who were killed in an attack in Al Anbar Province near the Syria border in Baghdadi Iraq on March 16, 2026.

Iranian-backed militias claim 30 killed, wounded in US airstrikes on base

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US Embassy organizes bus departures from Israel via Jordan crossing

Smoke rises after an explosion at the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, following a rocket and drone attack, according to security sources, March 17, 2026.

NATO deploys Patriot missile defenses to Turkey as Iranian attacks continue against Middle East


Shtayyeh urges US to scrap Jerusalem embassy plan

Palestinians have said in the past that the land was owned by Palestinian families and leased temporarily to British Mandate authorities before 1948.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh  in Ramallah. August 25, 2020

Jerusalem publishes zoning for new US embassy in Jerusalem

The embassy will be on Derech Hebron between Hanoch Albek and Daniel Yanovsky Streets, an area known by its British Mandate-era name, "Camp Allenby."

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Iran celebrates 1979 US embassy takeover amid anti-government protests

Schoolchildren in Iral carried banners in support of the storming of the US Embassy in Tehran and waved Iranian flags.

 Students attend a meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran November 2, 2022.

Bedouin sector Israeli teachers take part in US embassy exchange program

The principals recently returned from the United States, where they took part in an exchange program initiated by the US Embassy in Israel.

 Head of the education committee MK Sharren Haskel visits at a school in the Bedouin town Kuseife, February 17, 2022

Jared Kushner: Netanyahu, Trump rift almost nixed US embassy move to Jerusalem

Netanyahu was indifferent to the US embassy move to Jerusalem, Jared Kushner writes in upcoming memoir • Trump to Bibi: You are part of the problem

 US President Donald Trump winks at Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they discuss a Middle East peace plan proposal during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, January 28, 2020.

Archival records show planned US embassy located on Palestinian property - Arab NGO

Lease agreements and maps show Palestinians owned land designated for a new US embassy in Jerusalem, according to Israeli-based Arab rights NGO Adalah.

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Biden to talk up Jerusalem consulate, but no announcement expected

The Palestinians will also be a topic of discussion, and Russia’s war on Ukraine comes up in all of the prime minister’s conversations with Western leaders, the source added.

 US President Joe Biden delivers remarks as first lady Jill Biden stands next to him, after paying respects and meeting with victims, family, first responders and law enforcement who were affected by the mass shooting committed by a gunman authorities say was motivated by racism.

US visa applications of thousands of Israelis postponed till 2023

Following a backlog of requests, which have piled up for the past two years following COVID-19 restrictions, all US embassies are "facing challenges" with Visas, the embassy said.

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US ambassador moving into new Jerusalem residence

The new US ambassador's residence is off of Jerusalem’s Emek Refaim Street. Previous ambassadors lived in a large home in Herzliya.

 The new US Ambassador's residence on Emek Refaim

Yael Feldboy, US Embassy in Israel's legendary media adviser, passes away

During Feldboy's 27 years at the embassy, she worked with 12 US ambassadors and met several US secretaries of state and presidents.

YAEL FELDBOY, flanked by US Embassy spokeswoman Valerie O’Brien (left) and deputy chief of mission Leslie Tsou, displays the Secretary of State’s Career Achievement Award in recognition of her distinguished service.