The US State Department has put the ambassador to Israel's official residence outside Tel Aviv up for sale, in a decision aimed at cementing the American embassy's controversial move to Jerusalem.
The beachfront mansion in the affluent central Israeli city of Herzliya is going on the market because most of Ambassador David Friedman's day-to-day activities are based at the embassy in Jerusalem, the State Department said.
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"Following the decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem it made sense to sell the residence in Herzliya," it said. "Much of the embassy's operations have shifted to Jerusalem and the ambassador has established an official residence there."
Financial daily Globes reported that the house, which sits on a 1.25-acre plot of land, has a roughly $87 million asking price. If it sells at that price, it would be the most expensive residential sale in the country, topping Russian-Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich's recent purchase of a home in Herzliya for $65 million earlier this year.
The State Department said the sale is expected to go forward in the coming months.
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