Palestine Condemns Bennett's Statements on Reopening US Consulate
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The Palestinian Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have condemned the statements of the Israeli PM regarding his opposition to the reopening of a US consulate in occupied al-Quds.
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Palestinian Foreign Affairs Ministry described Bennett's statements as "blatant"
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the statements of the Israeli occupation Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in which he refused to open a US consulate in occupied al-Quds, and described his statements as "blatant".
The Ministry said that the credibility of the US and the international community is at stake with regard to the issue and called on the US to reopen the US consulate in Palestine.
For his part, the Palestinian Presidency Spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudainah, stressed that the Presidency will only accept the US consulate to be located in the capital of Palestine, al-Quds, in reference to what the US administration announced and is committed to.
The Israeli PM said he made it clear to the US administration that he opposes opening a US consulate for Palestinians in East al-Quds and claimed that the occupied city of al-Quds is the capital of "Israel".
Last September, US website Axios quoted well-informed Israeli and US officials as saying that US President Joe Biden had informed Bennett, during their last meeting at the White House, that he would not abandon his plan to reopen the US Consulate in al-Quds, which raised a major point of tension between the two sides.
For his part, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called on the US last month to reopen its consulate and the PLO representative body in Washington, in addition to fulfilling its promises to end the financial siege imposed by the previous administration on the Palestinian National Authority and the Palestinian people.
The US Consulate in occupied al-Quds was the diplomatic representative of the US administration in Palestine for 20 years before it was shut down by Trump's administration in 2019, which transferred the US Embassy from "Tel Aviv" to al-Quds.
