05-25-2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken hold a joint press conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. (Menahem Kahana/Pool Photo via AP
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday that the U.S. would reopen its consulate in Jerusalem that was shut down during the Trump administration.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump downgraded the consulate s operations and placed them under the authority of his ambassador to Israel when he moved the embassy to Jerusalem.
It will now serve as an autonomous office in charge of diplomatic relations with the Palestinians.
US secretary of state Blinken begins Middle East tour to shore up Gaza truce Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted by Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, as he steps off the plane upon arrival at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Tel Aviv, Israel (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) Joseph Krauss, Associated Press 25 May, 2021 07:13
US secretary of state Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up the Gaza ceasefire.
He will face the same obstacles that have stifled a wider peace process for more than a decade, including a hawkish Israeli leadership, Palestinian divisions and deeply rooted tensions surrounding Jerusalem and its holy sites.
Lord Mann, the adviser to the Government on anti-Semitism, called actors union Equity s failure to support Jewish members a fundamental breach of the principles contained within its rule book .
CAIRO: Gaza reconstruction projects undertaken by Egypt will be carried out in full coordination with the Palestinian Authority (PA), Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has said.
During a Monday meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah to discuss a revival of the peace process, Shoukry said that humanitarian aid will be provided to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing.
In a joint press conference in Ramallah with Hussein Al-Sheikh, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, Shoukry said the “common goal of all Arab countries” is to work in full coordination with the PA to establish an independent Palestinian state based on the borders of 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.