The embassy will be on Derech Hebron between Hanoch Albek and Daniel Yanovsky Streets, an area known by its British Mandate-era name, "Camp Allenby."
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The issue is not about whether there should be a consulate to handle Palestinian affairs, but why a US Consulate for the Palestinians should be based in Jerusalem and not, for example, in Ramallah.
"Jerusalem is the capital of one state, the State of Israel – period," the prime minister stressed.
Office opening is seen as a partial victory for the campaign to push international recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Organizations who oppose the Biden Administration's intent to reopen a US consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem have formed a coalition that is organizing protests against the plan.
The US closed its consulate to the Palestinians in 2018, when it openly recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moved its embassy there.
The lush and quaint Jerusalem neighborhood has held residents for 100 years, included S. Y. Agnon and Eliezer Ben Yehuda, and, lately, the US Embassy.
Exit polls election night found Trump scored between 21% and 30.5% of the Jewish vote. He is also correct that an overwhelming majority of Orthodox Jews voted for him.
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