(TPS) Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said that the ministry would waive requirements for State Department to obtain local building permits in order to undertake infrastructure work for the purpose of moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

“I am thankful for the privilege of being the finance minister and the head of the National Council for Planning and Building who will oversee the relocation of the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,” Kahlon said in a statement.