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Source: https://jewishinsider.com/2021/11/house-republicans-letter-consulate/
200 House Republicans Sign Letter Opposing Jerusalem Consulate for Palestinians
(Jewish Insider) Marc Rod - 200 Republican members of Congress, including all members of the party's leadership, signed a letter to President Biden opposing the administration's plan to reopen the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem that served Palestinians. The letter argues that reopening the consulate "would be inconsistent" with the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 that directed the president to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and recognized Jerusalem as an "undivided city" and the capital of Israel. The letter added, "The U.S. consulate general in Jerusalem that was established in 1844 was not intended to serve as an outreach to the Palestinians in Israel's capital."