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by Tyler Durden
On Thursday the
Washington Free Beacon published a story with the headline: Biden Admin Walks Back US Recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli Territory. This set off a wave of rumors and follow-up reports, culminating in an official Biden administration response on Friday.
The initial report had stated: The Biden administration is walking back the United States historic recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the contested Golan Heights region along Israel s northern border, a significant blow to the Jewish state and one of the Trump administration s signature foreign policy decisions. But the State Department s Near Eastern Affairs Department tweeted in response as the claim began to spread:
It seems as though everything the new Biden Administration is doing in the Middle East is dedicated to harming Israel: empowering a nuclear Iran; rolling.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Biden administration will move forward with plans to reopen the US Consulate General in Jerusalem which will resume diplomatic ties with the.