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US to merge Jerusalem consulate with embassy ‘on Monday’ in blow to Palestinians
Ramallah sees move as further strain on relationship with Washington; Palestinian affairs unit will be established within the new compound
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As U.S. Jerusalem Consulate Shuts, Pro-Israel Envoy Takes On Palestinian Relations
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/01/69866...inian-relation
Aaron David Miller, a former U.S. Mideast negotiator, said the consulate-embassy merger offers a clue about how the Trump administration approaches the question of creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel, which was longtime U.S. policy.
"The administration seems to view Israel-Palestine as more or less one and the same," Miller said, "and that they're thinking not of a two-state solution but something along the lines of a Palestinian state-minus."
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PALESTINIANS: NO ROLE FOR U.S. IN PEACE AFTER CLOSURE OF J'LEM CONSULATE
https://m.jpost.com/Israel-News/Pale...nsulate-582327Comment
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