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Pompeo says Jerusalem consulate will merge with new embassy in Israel

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WASHINGTON Oct 18, 2018 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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by Oct 18, 2018 12:00 am

The Trump administration is set to merge its consulate general in Jerusalem with its new embassy in Israel into a single diplomatic mission, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday.

"This decision is driven by our global efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our operations," Pompeo said in a statement. "It does not signal a change of U.S. policy on Jerusalem, the West Bank, or the Gaza Strip."

The consulate-general in Jerusalem is the top mission for Palestinians, who want East Jerusalem for their capital.

"We will continue to conduct a full range of reporting, outreach, and programming in the West Bank and Gaza as well as with Palestinians in Jerusalem through a new Palestinian Affairs Unit inside U.S. Embassy Jerusalem," Pompeo said.

He said the Trump administration was committed to a peace effort between Israel and the Palestinians.

U.S. President Donald Trump outraged the Arab world and stoked international concern by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital in December and moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May.

The status of Jerusalem is one of the thorniest disputes between Israel and the Palestinians and Palestinian leaders accused Trump of sowing instability by overturning decades of U.S. policy.

Palestinians, with broad international backing, seek East Jerusalem as the capital of a state they want to establish in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Israel regards all of the city, including the eastern sector it captured in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed, as its "eternal and indivisible capital," but that is not recognized internationally. The Trump administration has avoided that description, and noted that the city's final borders should be decided by the parties.

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