US shutters Jerusalem consulate, merges Palestinian mission with Israeli embassy

Reuters

• The United States has officially shuttered its consulate in Jerusalem. 
• The move is seen as a downgrade of the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by folding it into the US Embassy to Israel.
• For decades, the consulate functioned as a de facto embassy to the Palestinians.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has officially shuttered its consulate in Jerusalem, downgrading the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by folding it into the US Embassy to Israel.

For decades, the consulate functioned as a de facto embassy to the Palestinians. Now, that outreach will be handled by a Palestinian affairs unit, under the command of the embassy.

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