Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens during a brief photo opportunity with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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UPDATED 9:08 AM PT – Sat. January 20, 2017
The Trump administration is expected to approve a plan to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as early as 2019.
According to reports, a temporary plan has been introduced to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
The plan involves a U.S. consulate building, which will be used as the interim U.S. embassy until a new one is built.
Tillerson said the process to build a facility with significant security requirements will start immediately, but will take a few years.
Reports say, Vice President Mike Pence is pushing for the proposal to be approved, so he can announce it during his upcoming trip to Israel.
