His transition team says President-elect Donald Trump “remains firmly committed” to moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem.
“This is a commitment that the president-elect made numerous times on the campaign trail, that he remains firmly committed to,” said Jason Miller, a transition team spokesman.
Trump has nominated longtime adviser David Friedman to be the US ambassador to Israel, and in the campaign’s release, Friedman said he looked forward to working from the embassy in Jerusalem.
Congress recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 1995 and mandated the embassy move, but successive presidents have exercised a waiver on the move, citing national security considerations.