State Department to merge Palestinian Affairs Office with US Embassy in Jerusalem

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is readying to merge the responsibilities of the Palestinian Affairs Office into the U.S. Embassy successful Jerusalem successful an effort to proceed a diplomatic ngo successful Israel’s superior that was enactment successful spot by President Donald Trump during his archetypal word successful office.

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce announced Rubio’s determination during a property briefing Tuesday.

"Secretary Rubio has decided to merge the responsibilities of the bureau of the Palestinian Affairs Office afloat into different sections of the United States Embassy successful Jerusalem," Bruce said. "This determination volition reconstruct the archetypal Trump-term model of a unified U.S. diplomatic ngo successful Israel's superior that reports to the U.S. ambassador to Israel."

She added that U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee volition statesman to marque the indispensable changes to instrumentality the merger implicit the coming weeks.

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State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to merge the responsibilities of the Palestinian Affairs Office with the U.S. Embassy successful Jerusalem. (State Department)

"The United States remains committed to its historical narration with Israel, bolstering Israel's information and securing bid to make a amended beingness for the full region," Bruce said.

The Biden medication established the U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs successful 2022 aft reversing Trump’s closure of the consulate to the Palestinians successful Jerusalem during his archetypal administration.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is readying to merge the responsibilities of the Office of Palestinian Affairs with the U.S. Embassy successful Jerusalem. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)

Biden’s determination was viewed by immoderate arsenic rewarding the Palestinian leadership aft a question of coercion during which 2 Palestinians wielding an ax and weapon murdered 3 Israelis successful the municipality of Elad successful May 2022.

The archetypal Trump medication helped to negociate groundbreaking agreements, called the Abraham Accords, successful 2020 to normalize diplomatic relations betwixt Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.

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A roadworthy motion indicates the U.S. Embassy successful Jerusalem. (Hillel Maeir/TPS)

The Israeli authorities vehemently opposed a reopening of the Palestinian consulate successful Jerusalem due to the fact that it would undercut the beatified metropolis arsenic the undivided superior of Israel.

The U.S. Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 recognizes Jerusalem arsenic the superior of Israel and calls for it to stay an undivided city. 

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Trump, successful 2017, recognized Jerusalem arsenic Israel’s superior successful 2017 and moved the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem the pursuing year.

Fox News’ Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report.