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By Micah Halpern
Friday September 12, 2008 I've Been Thinking: The US Consul General in Jerusalem answers directly to the Secretary of State. Even though the US Ambassador to Israel is posted in Tel Aviv, the position of Consul General is like that of an Ambassador. Yesterday John Walles, the United States Consul General in Jerusalem, did what diplomats call putting your foot in your mouth. In an interview with the Palestinian newspaper Al Ayam, Walles said that in a deal spearheaded by the United States, in conjunction with Israel and the Palestinian Authority, it was agreed upon to give East Jerusalem to the Palestinians. He said that the news should be made public and that, in essence, it was a done deal. The Israelis saw red. Walles was creating a new status quo for the Palestinians. Now Israel and the US have an insurmountable problem. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. 4 June 2017 12:14 PM in Thoughts
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