Israel’s consul general in New York blasted the fact that the U.S. embassy in Israel is located in Tel Aviv and not Jerusalem, calling it "something between incomprehensible to quite offensive."

"[The Tel Aviv embassy] is an anomaly that should be reversed, that should be taken care of,” Dani Dayan told radio host John Catsimatidis in an interview aired Sunday on AM 970 in New York.

“The capital of Israel is Jerusalem. Israel doesn’t have any other capital than Jerusalem," he said. “And the fact that the embassies of the world for some un-understandable reason for us refuse to move their embassies to Jerusalem, for us, is something between incomprehensible to quite offense."

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Dayan also said he expected the Trump administration to make the move, and indicated that both houses of Congress have passed legislation in the past supporting a diplomatic move to Jerusalem.

President Trump has said that he will move the country’s Israeli embassy to Jerusalem. But reports surfaced Monday that the move would not be a quick one, and that the administration would prioritize a regional peace deal.

While Dayan bashed the embassy’s current presence in Tel Aviv, a move to Jerusalem is widely considered controversial. Doing so would overturn 70 years of diplomatic precedent, and many in the international community warn that it could jeopardize the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

U.S.-Israel relations tightened last month after the former President Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaThe Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Don't expect a government check anytime soon Trump appointees stymie recommendations to boost minority voting: report Obama's first presidential memoir, 'A Promised Land,' set for November release MORE refused to block a United Nations Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Trump promptly denounced the move.

Dayan dismissed the U.N. vote, however, saying the Trump administration would make the condemnation “obsolete.”

“The actual policy of the administration of the government of the United States towards Israel is much more important than any U.N. resolution,” he said. “So even if the Administration cannot reverse the actual resolution, it can take steps that will make it completely obsolete."