US President Joe Biden’s administration recently abandoned the establishment of an American consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem a Hebrew newspaper reported.
A report published by ‘Israel Today’ on Monday said that the US administration has decided to abandon this move and decided instead to adopt a series of steps to improve relations with the Palestinians.
The report indicated that the United States intended to upgrade the post of Deputy Secretary of State for Palestinian and Israeli Affairs Hadi Amr to the Special Envoy for Palestinians.
Hadi Amr would work directly with the Palestinian Affairs Unit of the United States Embassy in Israel and indeed would be a separate representative for Palestinians in every sense it added.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in April that he had blocked the implementation of a pledge made by his predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu to the US administration to establish a US consulate to provide services to Palestinians in Jerusalem.
