From jpost, the horses own mouth.
RndmNmber1 posted... Were they wrong?
And why the Biden administration didn't cancel the decision? Is it because Biden wanted the same thing, being a Zionist like he proclaimed,?
https://m.jpost.com/israeli-news/article-712210
Without saying a word about it, Biden made a nuanced change from his predecessor in Washingtons view on Israels capital.
As with all diplomatic visits, most of the action took place in Jerusalem, which Prime Minister Yair Lapid and President Isaac Herzog made sure to call Israels eternal capital in their remarks at different events with Biden.
Notably, they did not call Jerusalem Israels undivided capital, as their predecessors often did which is just as well, because Biden seemed determined to divide the city, if not in his words, then in his actions and policies.
The Biden administration has been trying to reopen the consulate to the Palestinians in Jerusalem for the past year, while Israel has refused to allow it on the grounds that the city is the capital of only one nation. In lieu of reopening the consulate, the State Department recently upgraded it from the Palestinian Affairs Unit to the US Office of Palestinian Affairs, which answers directly to Washington.
Whether Biden admits it or not - and he also denied it when asked directly in Thursdays press conference - he made clear what the US thinks the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem should be by not allowing Israelis to visit Augusta Victoria with him and removing the Israeli flag from his car.