in israel for monday's opening of the u.s. embassy in jerusalem a white house delegation including treasury secretary steve nutrition and first daughter ivanka trump have arrived in the country ahead of the festivities the move of u.s. diplomatic headquarters from tel aviv comes on the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the jewish state israel is calling the u.s. move a triumph but the decision has angered the arab world and prompted international criticism protests are already underway with more expected in the coming days. meanwhile as israel marks jerusalem day scuffles broke out after israeli police allowed a jewish visitors to access the temple mound officers attempted to separate a jewish and muslim men in jerusalem's old city temple mount or shareef in arabic is one of the holiest sites in both judaism and islam.