WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio has decided to fold the office that manages Washington’s relations with Palestinians into the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday. The U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs will now report to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and will be merged with […]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio has decided to fold the office that manages Washington’s relations with Palestinians into the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday.
The U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs will now report to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and will be merged with the other sections of the main embassy to Israel in the coming weeks, Bruce told reporters.
(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis, Ryan Jones and Simon Lewis; Editing by Chris Reese)