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U.S. Palestinian Mission to Merge with Israel Embassy in March
(Reuters) The U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem, which serves Palestinians, will be absorbed into the new U.S. Embassy to Israel in March, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. "The merger of the consulate and the embassy will take place on March 4th or 5th, at which point the position of the consul-general will end, said the official. The decision to create a single diplomatic mission was announced last October by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.