July 20, 2021

Former Jerusalem mayor lobbies against US opening consulate to Palestinians

Featuring: Ilan Goldenberg

Source: The Hill

Journalist: Laura Kelly

An Israeli politician and former mayor of Jerusalem is urging the Biden administration to abandon its plans to reopen the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians, calling such a move a mistake.

Nir Barkat, a member of the opposition party in Israel’s parliament, is in Washington, D.C., meeting with bipartisan lawmakers to promote legislation he introduced last week in Israel that would ban countries from opening new diplomatic missions for Palestinians in Jerusalem.

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Author

  • Ilan Goldenberg

    Former Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East Security Program

    Ilan Goldenberg is the former Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. He is a foreign policy and defense expe...