US Reopen Embassy In Israeli Capital Jerusalem
Palestine has criticized Israel for rejecting a promise to reopen the US consulate in Jerusalem. International media report said it will revive Washington's key mission for the Palestinians in a move which the disputed city. It should be noted that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett had said on Saturday that there was no room for another US mission in Jerusalem. The Trump administration closed the US Consulate in Jerusalem, an office that had served as a de facto embassy for Palestinians for years. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has vowed to reopen it. A move that Israel says will challenge its sovereignty over the city. The reopening of the US consulate could help improve US relations with the Palestinians, which were broken under the Trump administration. In a statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said it sees the commitment to reopen the consulate as part of the international community's commitment to ending Israel's decades-long occupation of the territ...