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Antony Blinken, President Biden’s nominee to lead the state department, said last week that the U.S. will keep its embassy in Israel located in Jerusalem, which he called the capital of Israel, AntiWar.com reported.
Blinken was asked by Texas Senator Ted Cruz during a confirmation hearing about the policy put into place during the Trump administration in May 2018. The Trump administration moved the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Authority says that east Jerusalem has been illegally occupied since 1967, according to Al Jazeera.
The report said Palestinian leaders have yet to comment on Blinken’s remarks. Lama Khater, a journalist in the region, took to Twitter to post, “Everything is subject to change in the agendas of successive US administrations, except for absolute loyalty to Israel.”
TREND FORECAST: In May 2018, in violation of international law, President Donald Trump moved the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and he proclaimed Israel has the right to take control of Syria’s Golan Heights, which Israel has occupied since the 1967 war.
Thus, it appears from Blinken’s latest statement that the Biden administration will continue to support Israel’s decisions regardless of the illegality.
Moreover, should tensions escalate in the region, as we forecast, right or wrong, the Biden administration, as with past ones, will support Israel.