US Consulate may have purchased site near future embassyRE: Annexed East Jerusalem to remain part of Israel forever
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W e l l ! The 2019 target date for a move, may be just a little bit optimistic.
(COMMENT)What do you mean? The Embassy will move to Jerusalem by 2019.A campaign promise, especially one uttered by a boastful narcissist, stands for nothing and only dopes put any stock in it.
The Embassy in Tel Aviv was built on an earlier time period, and subject to different criteria then. While up-grade had been made, they don't meet the many new standards as required for new construction. A new Embassy must meet the new Overseas Security Policy Board (OSPB) for both physical security and technical security; as we as special on-site security measures during the construction phases. For an Embassy, there will be new special fabrication requirements.
Government Park (and the immediate surrounding neighborhood areas) in Jerusalem are reasonably safe, given the Arab Palestinian threat; but still under threat. Most probably a new American Embassy in Jerusalem will come under an increased threat (espionage, sabotage, terrorist), as well as being in a much closer rocket and mortar range than before. To purchase property, in the size required, is going to be a challenge. It all can be done, but it has to be done right, skillfully planned, and executed with precision. And all that takes time and a bunch of construction money from congress.
Let's just say that 2019, a year away, is very optimistic.
Most Respectfully,
R
Staff seen moving equipment into former boutique hotel in Arnona neighborhood, not far from anticipated location of new mission
US Consulate may have purchased site near future embassy