Following an urgent meeting of the Jerusalem Municipality’s Building and Planning Committee on Wednesday, a new US embassy building in Jerusalem was approved, as well as the expansion of the existing site, reports YWN.
The committee members convened following pressure from the Prime Minister’s Office in an apparent effort to ensure the US embassy’s move to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv is permanent prior to Biden taking office in less than a week.
It should be mentioned that the recently deceased Sheldon Adelson, a’h, who gave millions to President Donald Trump for his presidential campaign, urged him to move the embassy to Jerusalem. Furthermore, shortly before his death, Adelson purchased the US ambassador’s official residence near Tel Aviv for $67 million, the most costly residence ever sold in Israel, in an apparent effort to ensure the move cannot be reversed.
