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Palestine Condemns US Decision on Consular Services in Settlement

Palestinian sides expressed anger and condemned a statement by the U.S. Embassy in Israel about its plan to provide consular services for the first time in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Authority described the American step as 'a violation of international law'. Meanwhile, the Knesset is set to grant exclusive control of the Western Wall to ultra-Orthodox Jews, while settler attacks in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem are escalating. A Palestinian report revealed that over 65,000 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa in 2025. Meanwhile, Israel withheld 258 million shekels from Palestinian Authority funds and transferred them to the families of its victims.


Palestine Condemns US Decision on Consular Services in Settlement

Palestinian sides expressed anger and condemned on Wednesday a statement by the U.S. Embassy in Israel that it intends to provide consular services for the first time inside an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Authority described the American step as 'a violation of international law'. Meanwhile, the Knesset is set to grant exclusive control of the Western Wall to ultra-Orthodox Jews, while settler attacks in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem are escalating. A Palestinian report revealed that over 65,000 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa in 2025. Meanwhile, Israel withheld 258 million shekels from Palestinian Authority funds and transferred them to the families of its victims. The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission condemned...