[19980413]98-360F_耶路撒冷：搬迁美国大使馆的立法.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-360 FApril 13, 1998Jerusalem: Legislation to Move the U.S. EmbassyClyde MarkSpecialist in Middle Eastern AffairsForeign Affairs and National Defense DivisionSummaryThe U.S. embassy in Israel is in Tel Aviv. Israel claims Jerusalem is its capital.Many Members of Congress want the United States to move its embassy to Jerusalem.The CRS short report describes recent legislation affecting the embassy move, includingP.L. 104-45 that compels the President to establish an embassy in Jerusalem by the endof May 1999. The Administration opposes moving the embassy until Palestinian andIsraeli negotiators have an agreement on the final disposition of the city. The report willbe updated as warranted. Related CRS products include CRS Report 94-755F,Jerusalem, and CRS Issue Brief 91137, The Middle East Peace Talks.BackgroundBecause Jews, Christians, and Muslims held (and continue to hold) Jerusalem sacred,the United Nations General Assembly recommended, in Resolution 181 of November 27,1947, that Jerusalem be internationalized under a “corpus separatum” rather than beingallocated to either t