I am proud and moved to have hung this morning the first new signs that were prepared for the U.S. Embassy," Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat wrote on Twitter. Netanyahu hailed the Trump administration decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem, but it roiled several countries. At the consulate site, mechanical diggers cleared scrubland as workers posted embassy signs along city roads. An Israeli police spokesperson played down such prospects for the U.S. Embassy signs. (James Lawler Duggan/Reuters)"We're not guarding the embassy signs but of course there is upgraded security around the embassy which is already being implemented," he said.

Source: CBC News May 07, 2018 11:15 UTC