A meeting with officials from the US State Department was held at Jerusalem mayor Moshe Leon’s office. There, it was agreed to begin the planning process of the American embassy in its designated area reports Ynet.
The Jerusalem Mayor gave his full backing while approving an “urban” green track for planning and licensing the embassy compound. The structure will be built in the Talpiot neighborhood of southern Jerusalem in a space called the Allenby complex. The complex is situated on Derech Hevron (Hebron Road) as it was the road traveled from Jerusalem to Hebron and vice versa.
The embassy’s new location will be far more accessible to visitors. That’s because it will be on a central Light Rail line (the Blue Line), as well as the major North/South bus routes. The location is also accessible to Arab bus routes between Bethlehem and the Old City.
