A group of American lawmakers is visiting Israel Sunday to examine a possible move of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The delegation, made up of members of the Subcommittee for National Security of the House Oversight Committee, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials on Sunday morning.
Led by Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis, of Florida, the group is set to visit possible locations for the American embassy and is expected to brief Congress and the administration of its findings.
“Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people for thousands of years, since King David. That’s a fact that nobody can deny,” says Likud MK Yehudah Glick, a US-born lawmaker who briefed the delegation on the city’s history and political significance.
“Now is the time for the US president to keep his promise and the law passed by Congress in 1995 and lead the free world to recognize reality and declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel and the Jewish people.”
— Raphael Ahren
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