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The former U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, July 19, 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

100-plus House Republicans introduce bill to block reopening of US consulate

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More than 100 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to block the Biden administration’s efforts to reopen the U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem. The bill, known...
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.). Credit: Kristie Boyd/U.S. House of Representatives Office of Photography.

Gottheimer resists consulate in Jerusalem reopening without Israel’s consent

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Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) appears to have become the first Democrat to raise objections about the Biden administration’s plan to reopen the U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem. “The Biden administration has announced its intention...
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 27, 2021. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

US, Israel remain at loggerheads over consulate to Palestinians in downtown Jerusalem

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Israel and the United States remain at an impasse about American plans to reopen the U.S. consulate on Agron Road in downtown Jerusalem that was closed under former President Donald Trump. The Biden administration and...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (center), Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid (left) and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman give a press conference in Jerusalem on Nov. 6, 2021. Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL.

Bennett, Lapid united in opposing reopening of US consulate in Jerusalem

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid presented a united front on Saturday with regard to the reopening of a U.S. consulate in Jerusalem. Speaking during a joint press conference after the...
The former U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, July 19, 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Trading Jerusalem for US visas

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Last Wednesday, in response to a question from Sen. Bill Hagerty, (R-Tenn.), U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Brian McKeon admitted in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that under both U.S. and international...
U.S. President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office at the White House on Aug. 27, 2021. Source: Israel Embassy/Twitter.

Is this the beginning of a new Cold War between Biden and Israel?

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As far as Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid are concerned, this week has brought a perfect storm of circumstances that threaten to complicate their hopes for a better relationship...
More than 100 Israelis gathered on Agron Street in downtown Jerusalem, opposite the old U.S. consulate building, protesting the Biden administration’s announced plan to reopen it, Oct. 27, 2021 Photo by Josh Hasten.

Pro-Israel movements protest US intention to open Jerusalem consulate for Palestinians

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A group of more than 100 Israelis gathered on Agron Street in downtown Jerusalem on Wednesday, opposite the old U.S. consulate building, protesting the Biden administration’s announced plan to reopen it as a full...
The former U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, July 19, 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Senators move to block Biden’s plan to reopen consulate for Palestinians

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Three-dozen Republican senators introduced a bill on Tuesday that aims to block the Biden administration’s plan to reopen the U.S. consulate for the Palestinians in Jerusalem. Upholding the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Law Act of 2021...
A view of the U.S. Consulate General on Agron Street in Central Jerusalem, Israel, March 4, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The battle for the US consulate in Jerusalem

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The professional echelon at the Israeli Foreign Ministry has described the expected American opening of a consulate to the Palestinians in Jerusalem as an “introduction to the division of the city.” They stress that...
View of the U.S. Consulate General on Agron Street in Central Jerusalem, Israel, March 4, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Will US deny Israel sovereignty over Jerusalem by reopening consulate for Palestinians?

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The Biden administration wants to reopen a consulate for Palestinian affairs in Jerusalem as part of its efforts to reverse former U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies and achievements. Trump subsumed the consulate into the...