Consulate General of the United States, Jerusalem

Consulate General of the United States of America, Jerusalem
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Donald Blome[1] since July 27, 2015
Inaugural holder	Warder Cresson[2]
Formation	1844
Website	U.S. Consulate General - Jerusalem

The Consulate General of the United States, Jerusalem, is a United States diplomatic mission in Jerusalem. The consulate is an independent mission that serves Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.^[3] It is one of the two consulates general (the other being Hong Kong) that function similar to an embassy (i.e., reporting directly to the United States Department of State and not the ambassador of any country).^[4]

History

The U.S. consulate first opened in 1844 in the Old City, inside Jaffa Gate in what is now the Swedish Christian Study Center. In the late 19th century, the consulate moved to a site on the Street of the Prophets. In 1912, it moved to Agron Street. The main building, one of the first houses built outside the Old City walls, was constructed in 1868 by Ferdinand Vester, a German Lutheran missionary. A third story was added later. On 23 May 1948, the Consul General, Thomas C. Wasson, was assassinated. In 1952, the consulate leased another building on Nablus Road.^[5]

Location

The residence of the Consul General and offices for consulate employees are located on Agron Street in West Jerusalem. Until 2010, citizen and visa services operated out of the building at 27 Nablus Road in East Jerusalem.^[5][6] In October 2010, consular services were moved to a new building in the Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem, in an area that was once a no man's land very close to the Green Line.^[7]

See also

• Israel–United States relations
• Palestine–United States relations
• Embassy of the United States, Tel Aviv
• List of diplomatic missions of the United States

References

External links

• United States Consulate General in Jerusalem

Diplomatic missions of the United States Embassies shown in bold. Consulate-Generals shown in italics. A full list can be found at List of diplomatic missions of the United States. Africa Dar es Salaam Juba Malabo Nairobi Americas Curaçao Havana Mexico City Ottawa Asia Abu Dhabi Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Chengdu Chennai Dhaka Dubai Guangzhou Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong1 Hyderabad Islamabad Jakarta Jerusalem1 Kabul Karachi Kolkata Manama Manila Mumbai Rangoon (Yangon) Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Tel Aviv Tokyo Ulaanbaatar Wuhan Yerevan‡ Europe Athens Berlin Bern Bremen Chişinău Copenhagen Dublin Frankfurt Hamburg Istanbul‡ London Kyiv Moscow Munich Oslo Paris Prague Rome Sarajevo Tallinn Tbilisi‡ The Hague Thessaloniki Tirana Vatican (Rome) Vienna Oceania Canberra Wellington Organizations African Union (Addis Ababa) American Institute in Taiwan2 (Taipei, Kaohsiung-branch office, Washington-headquarters) European Union (Brussels) Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (Vienna) United Nations United States Mission to the United Nations (New York) Rome Former Benghazi (1950–66, 2012) Havana (1977–2015) Houston (1836–46) Liverpool (1790–1962) London (1938–60) Mogadishu (1960–91) Saigon (1952–75) Tangier (1821–1956) Tehran (1951–79) ‡ Missions which are located in countries or cities that may be considered a part of more than one continent. 1 Consulates-General which function as an embassy (ie. consul reports to State Department, not the respective country's ambassador) 2 The American Institute in Taiwan is ostensibly a public, non-profit organization to promote US-Taiwanese relations, but through State Department staffing & assistance, functions as an informal US diplomatic mission.

Coordinates: 31°46′36″N 35°13′12″E / 31.77667°N 35.22000°E / 31.77667; 35.22000