Naftali Bennett and Yaïr Lapid warned against such a decision which would jeopardize the coalition
US Under Secretary of State Brian McCain said on Thursday he realized that the United States will need the consent of the Israeli government to open a Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem, broadcaster reports can.
“I understand that we will need to obtain the consent of the host government to open a diplomatic mission,” Deputy Minister B. McCain said during a debate in the Senate.
Sources within the US administration told can that it is possible that after the final adoption of the state budget by November, American pressure on the issue will increase.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yaïr Lapid have made it clear to the United States that insisting on the opening of a Palestinian consulate would put the new coalition at risk.
During his visit to Ramallah in May, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States would reopen the East Jerusalem Consulate which had been the United States diplomatic mission to the Palestinian Authority for the past several decades. last decades.
Last September, at the UN General Assembly, US President Joe Biden declared that a sovereign and democratic Palestinian state was the “best way” to secure Israel’s future.
“We must seek a future of increased peace and security for all the peoples of the Middle East,” he said. “The United States’ commitment to the security of Israel is unquestionable and our support for an independent Jewish state unequivocal. But I continue to believe that a two-state solution is best.”
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