T. Belman. Biden just doesn’t let up. I am looking forward to our future government ignoring Biden or his various envoys. It should be fun.
Ariel Kahana and Reuters, ISRAEL HAYOM
Hady Amr | File photo: US State Department
The top US official on Palestinian affairs reaffirmed on Wednesday that Washington wanted to reopen its Jerusalem consulate for Palestinians even as a new right-wing government prepares to take office in Israel.
Hady Amr was appointed US Special Representative for Palestinian Affairs two weeks ago, a position created by President Joe Biden. He was previously deputy assistant secretary of state for Israeli and Palestinian affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs within the US Department of State.
Amr called the appointment “unprecedented” and said Biden remained committed to a two-state solution as “the best way forward for Israelis and Palestinians to realise their aspirations”.
“What we are focused on in the immediate term is lifting up and improving Palestinian lives while we also look for ways to restore a political horizon and return to a two-state solution,” he said in an interview with Arab News.
Amr said the Biden administration still aimed to reopen its Jerusalem consulate – shut down in 2019 by then-President Donald Trump – despite opposition from Israel, which regards Jerusalem.
The newly-appointed envoy declined to comment on Netanyahu’s new government, which is expected to include far-right leader Itamar Ben-Gvir in a key national security ministry, with expanded powers over police in Judea and Samaria.
“We are going to stay focused on our goal of working toward and advancing toward equal measures of security, freedom and justice for Israelis and Palestinians alike.”
So, If they open this “consulate” without permission, treat them the way the young settlements have been treated, no electricity, no water, no garbage collection, no mail delivery, no heat or telephone service, no municipal serices whatsoever.
That would be nice to see. 😀
And they accuse Trump of antisemitism
We cannot vote out the current administration nor any clones of it they wish to install in Washington in the future because of the new science of ballotology whereby ballot pools are created to draw from and produce any election result the Democrats desire. The value of an early and oft-repeated ‘No!’ to every dictum of the Kalorama-Biden admin will pay dividends to Israel once it is prepared to make every bullet it needs. Every ‘No’ needs to be backed up by resourcefulness. In the end, the Jewish state is not dealing with a neutral or temporary hostility but a perpetual Obama stridency. There is no appeal to reason for succor from this. Until our house is put in order, Israel must protect itself… firmly.