A number of European Union ambassadors boycotted the annual ceremony held by the US Embassy in Israel to commemorate the American Independence Day, on the Fourth of July. Among the most prominent ambassadors who were invited and did not participate in the celebration of the American embassy in Jerusalem, the ambassadors of Germany and France, stressing that Europe does not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that the embassy’s headquarters are in dispute as part of it crosses the Green Line. The ambassadors’ decision to miss the ceremony appears to be particularly embarrassing for the U.S. after the Biden administration said it has opened a new and positive page in relations with the EU after four tense years under former president Donald Trump. For further details, click here