Will The US Challenge Israel’s Claims to The ‘Unification’ of Jerusalem?
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- Will The US Challenge Israel’s Claims to The ‘Unification’ of Jerusalem?
by Ramona Wadi, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/
Jerusalem is once again in the diplomatic crosshairs over US President Joe Biden’s intention to reopen the American Consulate in Jerusalem, which was closed by the Trump Administration in 2019. According to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, reopening the consulate is “an important way for our country to engage with and provide support to the Palestinian people.” The new Israeli government, however, is intent on delaying, or preventing the consulate from functioning again, upon the pretexts of security concerns.
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The Biden Administration’s lethargy in dealing with Palestinian rights may well succumb to Israel’s demands. Likud Knesset member Nir Barakat submitted a bill which would prevent the consulate’s reopening. “We are talking about the unification of Jerusalem,” Barakat declared. “Before we know it, there will be all sorts of European consulates in Jerusalem, and it will turn into the consulate capital for the Palestinians.”
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Under former US President Donald Trump, the American Consulate for Palestinians was downgraded to a “Palestinian Affairs Unit” which functioned as part of the new US Embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. So far, Biden has been non-committal over rescinding the most important unilateral decisions taken by Trump, and while he claims to support the defunct two-state compromise, the emphasis on Israel’s security narrative not only emboldens Israel, but also validates the previous administration’s decisions.
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While the Biden administration embellished its rhetoric with mentions of rights, it has failed to act upon the rights of Palestinians. Sheikh Jarrah is one recent notable example which highlights the dissociation between diplomacy and the people. The US is not concerned with Israel’s latest round of forced displacement, but considers reopening its diplomatic mission for Palestinians – an act which would thaw the freeze in relations between the US and the Palestinian Authority in the Trump era. But if the rights of Palestinians are not safeguarded, whose interests will the diplomatic mission be serving and who benefits from its re-establishment?
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