Israel and the United States took another major step in strengthening their diplomatic partnership on Tuesday by signing an agreement allocating land for the construction of a permanent U.S. Embassy complex in Yerushalayim.

The agreement designates property at the Allenby Complex for the future embassy campus and was formalized during a signing ceremony at Israel’s Foreign Ministry. Participating in the event were Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, and Yerushalayim Mayor Moshe Lion.

The United States currently operates its embassy out of the former U.S. Consulate building in Yerushalayim, which was redesignated as the embassy after President Donald Trump recognized Yerushalayim as Israel’s capital in 2017 and relocated the embassy from Tel Aviv the following year.

Huckabee hailed the agreement as another milestone in the relationship between the two allies.

“Today is another historic day for the US-Israel relationship as the US receives the property that will be the future home of the new US Embassy complex — deepening and expanding our presence in Jerusalem — the eternal capital of Israel,” he said.

Sa’ar likewise described the agreement as another significant achievement in the close partnership between the two countries.

“We mark another milestone in the unbreakable alliance between Israel and the United States,” he said, calling Israel Washington’s “most important strategic asset in the Middle East,” before adding, “just as the United States is indispensable and irreplaceable to Israel, Israel is indispensable to the United States and to its interests throughout this region.”

{Matzav.com}