By JOSEPH KRAUSS
Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) â Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday that the U.S. would reopen its consulate in Jerusalem â a move that restores ties with Palestinians that had been downgraded by the Trump administration.
The consulate long served as an autonomous office in charge of diplomatic relations with the Palestinians. But former U.S. President Donald Trump downgraded its operations and placed them under the authority of his ambassador to Israel when he moved the embassy to Jerusalem.
Trump s move infuriated the Palestinians, who view east Jerusalem as occupied territory and the capital of their future state.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced the reopening of the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem a move that restores ties with the Palestinians that had been downgraded by the Trump administration.
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