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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (right) and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee present the land‑allocation agreement for the permanent US Embassy in Jerusalem to the audience during a ceremony on July 1, 2026. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
July 2, 2026, 3:40 am
Israel, US sign land agreement for permanent American embassy complex in Jerusalem
At signing ceremony, Huckabee says ‘God made decision 3,800 years ago’ to recognize Jerusalem, US now acknowledging it; Sa’ar: US is ‘indispensable and irreplaceable’ to Israel
By Nava Freiberg and AFP
(From R-L) Susan Pompeeo, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and aide Aryeh Lightstone at Ben Gurion Airport, Lod, on November 20, 2020. (State Department/Twitter)
November 20, 2020, 7:16 pm
If I forget thee (part II): Closing out trip, Pompeo ‘wheels up from Jerusalem’
US secretary of state tweets photo of himself departing from Ben Gurion Airport, outside Tel Aviv; writes that he is leaving from Jerusalem, Israel’s ‘eternal capital’
By ToI Staff
Menachem Zivotofsky (L) is handed the first US passport to have 'Israel' labeled as a place of birth by US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on October 30, 2020. (US Embassy in Jerusalem)
October 30, 2020, 5:53 pm
US gives first passport with ‘Israel’ birthplace to Jerusalem-born teen
Ambassador hands document to Menachem Zivotofsky, whose family mounted unsuccessful Supreme Court challenge to rule, now superseded, that only let him put birthplace as ‘Jerusalem’
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the phone about a Sudan-Israel peace agreement, in the Oval Office on October 23, 2020 in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
October 29, 2020, 5:15 pm
US announces citizens born in Jerusalem can now list Israel on their passports
Pompeo says policy change is ‘effective immediately’; calls move ‘consistent’ with Trump’s recognition of city as Israel’s capital and opening of American embassy there
By Jacob Magid
A supporter of US President Donald Trump wears a hat in the colors of the American flag at a rally for his re-election, at a promenade overlooking Jerusalem, October 27, 2020. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
October 28, 2020, 9:59 pm
US to let citizens born in Jerusalem list Israel on their passports — report
Announcement on change of decades-old policy, which sought to avoid taking position on final status issue of conflict, expected less than week before presidential election
By Jacob Magid
A father holds his son waving Kosovo's flag as they celebrate the 12th anniversary of the country's independence, in the capital Pristina, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020 (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
September 5, 2020, 4:25 am
For former foes Serbia and Kosovo, disagreements extend to Israel as well
After Belgrade and Pristina announce upgrade in relations with each other, and Jerusalem, Serbian leader is quick to say he did not approve of Israel recognizing Kosovo
By ToI Staff and AP
US President Donald Trump during a signing ceremony with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, in the Oval Office of the White House, September 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
September 4, 2020, 10:42 pm
Palestinians slam Trump for pushing Serbia, Kosovo to set up Jerusalem embassies
US president says Muslim-majority Kosovo recognizing Israel is part of a shift in bringing peace to Middle East, promises ‘more Islamic and Arab nations will follow soon’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister of Kosovo Avdullah Hoti sits at a desk as he attends a signing ceremony and meeting with US President Donald Trump and the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic in the Oval Office of the White House on September 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images/AFP)
September 4, 2020, 8:05 pm
Netanyahu: Kosovo to be first Muslim-majority nation to open Jerusalem embassy
Trump calls PM during White House summit between Serbia and Kosovo leaders where it was announced Belgrade would move embassy and Pristina would recognize Israel
By ToI Staff and AP
US President Donald Trump signs a document as Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti (R) and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (L) sign an agreement on opening economic relations, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2020. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
September 4, 2020, 7:00 pm
Serbia to move embassy to Jerusalem; mostly Muslim Kosovo to recognize Israel
Gestures to Israel come as part of US-brokered agreement between Balkan nations signed at White House; Israel to establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo
By AP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Wittman Airport, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
August 18, 2020, 3:39 am
Trump says he moved US embassy to Jerusalem ‘for the evangelicals’
US president, on campaign tour of battleground Midwest states, says evangelical Christians ‘more excited by that than Jewish people’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US Ambassador Dan Shapiro hosts an Iftar dinner at his residence in Herzliya on June 14, 2016 (photo credit: CC BY 2.0 US Embassy/Flickr)
June 30, 2020, 1:06 am
Moving to Jerusalem: US ambassador’s home up for sale for record $87 million
If Embassy gets its asking price, the beachfront property in Herzliya that David Friedman no longer uses will be Israel’s most expensive property
By ToI Staff and JTA
Palestinians shopping in the market in Jerusalem's Old City on November 22, 2019. (Sara Klatt/Flash90)
March 12, 2020, 1:59 am
US calls East Jerusalem Palestinians ‘Arab residents’ or ‘non-Israeli citizens’
New State Department report ditches traditional term ‘Palestinian residents’ in move that continues Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
By Ron Kampeas
Then US president Donald Trump addresses the Israeli American Council National Summit 2019 at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida on December 7, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
December 15, 2019, 8:05 am
Trump tells story of Jewish friend 4 times, but changes the name on each telling
In 4 speeches over past few months — on one occasion twice in the same day — US president has told contradicting versions of same tale about his biggest Israel achievement
By ToI Staff
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian gives a press conference with his Moroccan counterpart in Rabat on June 8, 2019. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)
June 9, 2019, 3:33 am
French FM: Trump peace plan ‘cannot grant serenity,’ won’t satisfy both sides
Le Drian reiterates French and European Union opposition to Washington’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
By AP and ToI Staff
Portraits of Jerusalemites from a photo exhibit titled "Jerusalem is not just a city" by Israeli artist Dmitry Brickman. (Brickman's website)
June 6, 2019, 3:19 pm
Uzbekistan nixes Israeli photo exhibit over the word ‘Jerusalem’
Officials in the Muslim nation say Trump’s 2017 recognition of the city as Israel’s capital sparked tensions in the Muslim world
By ToI Staff
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