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Marco Rubio To Close State Department's De Facto Palestinian Embassy
(Free Beacon) Adam Kredo - Secretary of State Marco Rubio will dissolve the State Department's Office of Palestinian Affairs (OPA), a Biden-era creation that elevated relations with the Palestinian Authority. Rubio directed newly-installed U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee to merge the independent diplomatic office and its responsibilities, including outreach to the Palestinians, with the American embassy in Jerusalem. Rubio will eliminate the position of Special Envoy to the Palestinians alongside the OPA. In the early hours of Hamas's October 7 attack, the OPA called on Israel to stand down and forgo any retaliation.