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The US ambassador preceded a ceremony at the president's so that it would not take place at the same time as the building permit was approved
Tom Mobils was due to file his charter tomorrow, along with ambassadors from other countries.
On the same day, the Jerusalem District Committee is expected to discuss the Jewish neighborhood in the east of the city, which is provoking criticism in Washington.
According to diplomatic sources, in order to avoid embarrassment, the embassy asked to hold the event today
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Sunday, 05 December 2021, 14:40
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The US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Neidas, submitted his charter to President Yitzhak Herzog ahead of schedule, in order to avoid holding the ceremony while approving the construction plans for a new Jewish neighborhood in Atarot in East Jerusalem, Walla learned.
Niles, who arrived in Israel late last month, was due to present his charter at an official ceremony at the president's residence tomorrow morning, along with the new ambassadors of Switzerland, the European Union, Rwanda and Italy.
The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee is also scheduled to convene tomorrow to approve the construction plan for the new Jewish neighborhood in Atarot, which is provoking criticism and protest in the US administration.
According to diplomatic sources, in order to avoid embarrassment, the United States Embassy sought to advance the ceremony of the American ambassador and hold it today.
An embassy spokesman said in response to a Walla!
"Ambassador Thomas Neidas is pleased to accept President Herzog's invitation on December 5, 2021. to present his charter as the United States Ambassador to the State of Israel. Holding the ceremony on the last evening of Hanukkah also allows them to light an eighth candle together."
No response has yet been received from the Foreign Ministry and the President's House.
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The construction plan for 9,000 housing units in Atarot was approved last week by the local committee of the Jerusalem municipality, and is scheduled to go up to the district committee tomorrow. The program, promoted by Housing Minister Zeev Elkin, changes and expands the borders of Jerusalem and crosses between Palestinian villages. Therefore, it has aroused strong and widespread political opposition in the United States and Europe for years, and in the past has been frozen and delayed by order of the Prime Minister's Office.
After the plan was approved last week, the Prime Minister's Office sent clarification messages to the United States that the plan would be halted later, but the Biden administration is angry about its promotion. In a conversation between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Thursday, Blinkan called for not promoting the new construction plan and called on him to "avoid unilateral measures that would increase tensions, including promoting settlement construction in the settlements."
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Transportation, headed by Labor Party chairman Merav Michaeli, sought to postpone the discussion on the Atarot neighborhood in the district committee tomorrow until an internal committee work is completed that examines the alternatives to establishing a civilian airport in Ramat David. 'To establish an Israeli-Palestinian airport in Atarot on the site of the planned neighborhood.
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