American envoy: ‘US Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel is now open, thank God’

The American ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, tweets that the US embassy’s new home in Jerusalem “is now open, Thank God.”

The tweet, as well as the stone plaque at the former consulate’s compound, both emphasize the Trump administration’s formal recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, listing the city, for the first time, as “Jerusalem, Israel.”

Friedman writes: “The United States Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel is now open, Thank God. I am so honored to have executed the direction and vision of our great President. Like the Ten Commandments, the words on the Embassy are written in stone!”

The United States Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel is now open, Thank God. I am so honored to have executed the direction and vision of our great President. Like the Ten Commandments, the words on the Embassy are written in stone! pic.twitter.com/YwWtMarJR2

— Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Stephanie Hallett (@USAmbIsrael) May 15, 2018