The White House has announced the list of attendees at next week’s ceremony marking the controversial relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem – with President Donald Trump not being part of the delegation.
Instead, a five-person mission, including Trump’s daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, will be present at the opening ceremony on May 14, a White House statement on Monday said.
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Trump’s Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt will also attend.
In December 2017, Trump called Jerusalem the capital of Israel and launched the process to relocate the embassy there.
The move, long-sought by Israel, broke with decades of US policy as well as the international consensus.
The move prompted widespread condemnation and triggered a wave of protests in the occupied Palestinian territories and major international cities.
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