On Monday morning, the US State Department announced
that they are closing the US Consulate in Jerusalem, which has served
as the main American diplomatic mission to the Palestinians. This amounts to a major downgrade of the diplomatic mission to the Palestinians.
Instead, all future US diplomacy to the Palestinians will be handled by a
newly assembled “Palestinian affairs unit,” which will operate out of
the US Embassy to Israel, and under the direct command of that embassy.
This move was initially announced in October by Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo, and Palestinian officials have said it amounts to the “final
nail in the coffin” for the US role in the peace process between Israel
and the Palestinians.
Coming amid steady cuts in US aid to the Palestinians, the downgrade to
the diplomatic mission suggests that the US are in the process of all
but severing ties. This comes ahead of President Trump unveiling a peace
plan that US officials have already conceded will be deliberately
skewed in Israel’s favor.
Javanka are popping the champagne.
Israel Uber Alles.
Looks like the “proposed peace” will be without the Palestinians, only Israelis will live in peace and Palestinians in pieces.
At least the U.S. is honest now about who’s side its on. The White House was the last fig leaf.
If people were wiser, then Jerusalem could be shared; two nations could call it their capital