President Donald Trump’s government said today that the United States would close the Palestinian Affairs Office that operated separately in Jerusalem, a largely symbolic measure, but supported by Israel. Foreign Minister Marco Rubio “has decided to transfer the office that manages Washington’s relations with the Palestinians to the US Embassy in Jerusalem, to fully merging the responsibilities of this office with other parts of the US Embassy,” he said. The US Palestinian Affairs Office will now be subject to the US ambassador to Israel Mike Haccabi and will be merged with other parts of the Embassy in Israel in the coming weeks, Bruce added. This decision does not reflect a policy change towards the Palestinians but is part of the reorganization of the US Foreign Ministry, the spokesman said. During his first term in the White House, Trump had transferred their embassy […]
Source: News Beast
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