Jerusalem (CNN) Sitting next to the Israeli Foreign Minister in Washington this October, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was clear: The Americans want to re-open their consulate in Jerusalem to serve Palestinians. "There is no room for another American consulate in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the capital of one state and that's the state of Israel," Bennett said, standing alongside Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman. It is the State of Israel refusing in principle that a consulate be opened in Jerusalem," Lapid said. For many Palestinians, an American consulate in Jerusalem is a precursor to what they hope will one day be an American Embassy in East Jerusalem, capital of a potential future state of Palestine.

Source: CNN November 07, 2021 17:47 UTC