The Biden administration remains committed to re-opening a U.S. consulate in Yerushalayim and is further discussing the issue with Israelis and Palestinians, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
President Joe Biden, who defeated Trump in 2020, pledged to reopen it, but no date has been set. Israel has publicly opposed the plan and suggested that such a mission should be outside Yerushalayim in the West Bank.
“There are a number of steps that have to go into the reopening of any diplomatic facility. As you know, there are some shall we say unique sensitivities to this particular facility,” Price said at a regular news briefing, rejecting any suggestion the consulate plan had been shelved. “We are working through the issue with our Palestinian and Israeli partners.”
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JERUSALEM IS ISRAEL’S CAPITAL. THE USA HAS NO JURISDICTION AND HAS NO RIGHT TO OPEN A CONSULATE WITHOUT ISRAELI APPROVAL,
The problem is that it’s the pathetic Israeli government who are too weak to go against their US supporter. They scream “kochi veotzem yadi” but in reality they’re only powerful against religious Jews.
The State Department most urgent & important assignment is to immediately reinstate visa of Moreinu Horav Shmuel Eliyohu שליט”א, without any let nor hindrance nor delay whatsoever.
Until this exceedingly urgent order of business has been attended to, the State Department should cease all other activity
Why is Israel the only country in the entire world where the US government meddles in a foreign governments policies?
Bottle Cap Bennett does whatever the US tells him to do. He bends over so far backwards that he can kish his own 2chess.