The United States wants to "
rebuild
" its relationship with the Palestinians, broken under the Trump administration, which translates into plans to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem and unblock emergency aid for Gaza, announced Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah on Tuesday.
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"
As I told the President (Mahmoud Abbas), I am here to underline the United States' commitment to rebuild the relationship with the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people, a relationship based on mutual respect
," he said. assured Antony Blinken during a press conference at the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank.
Antony Blinken thus announced the will of the United States to "
advance on the process of reopening the consulate in Jerusalem
" which dealt with Palestinian affairs and which had been closed in 2019 by the Trump administration, despite international disapproval.
$ 5.5 million in urgent aid
On the front of US financial aid, the Biden administration will ask the US Congress to release $ 75 million (around 61 million euros) to the Palestinians, after the latest round of violence in the Palestinian Territories, a said Antony Blinken.
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Washington wants, in addition to this aid intended for economic development, to allocate 5.5 million dollars (4.4 million euros) of urgent aid to the Gaza Strip, devastated by 11 days of war between Hamas in power and Israel, and $ 32 million (26 million euros) to the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (Unrwa), he said.
The Trump administration had ended its funding to Unrwa, closed the Palestinian representative office in Washington, and closed its consulate general in Jerusalem, which served as a de facto embassy to the Palestinians.
