Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today challenged US concerns over moving the American embassy to Jerusalem in what Haaretz newspaper called his "first public dispute" with the Trump administration. US President Donald Trump had promised during his campaign to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, whose status is one of the thorniest issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But there has been no movement on that pledge so far.<br/>'<br/>The Palestinians and the Arab world fiercely oppose a move, and the international community has warned that it could spark fresh unrest. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told NBC's "Meet the Press" today that Trump was still seeking to assess whether relocating the embassy would help or harm chances for Israeli-Palestinian peace.''<br/>'<br/>Israel occupied the West Bank and east Jerusalem in 1967. It later annexed east Jerusalem in a move never recognised by the international community. In 1980, Israel declared "reunited" Jerusalem its capital<br/>in a move unrecognised by major states.