Israel won’t let US open Jerusalem consulate, Bennett said to tell visiting Dems – PM reportedly acknowledges Biden’s campaign promise and domestic sensitivities, but says his government views reopening of mission to Palestinians as ‘unacceptable’ | Timesofisrael

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has reportedly reiterated to visiting Democratic US Congress members that he won’t allow Washington to reopen the US consulate.
US President Joe Biden’s administration has said it will reopen the diplomatic mission historically responsible for Palestinian affairs. The consulate was shuttered by then-US president Donald Trump in 2019 and its staff was folded into the US embassy — which had been moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem a year earlier — in what the Palestinians viewed as a downgrading of their ties with the US.