Blinken: US will reopen Jerusalem consulate and provide aid to help rebuild Gaza – video
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The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has announced that the US would reopen its consulate in Jerusalem after it was downgraded by the Trump administration, and will provide an additional $75m to help rebuild Gaza. Speaking alongside the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, he also promised to 'continue to rebuild' the US's relationship with Palestinians, and repeated comments from Biden that both Israelis and Palestinians should 'enjoy equal measures of freedom, opportunity, and democracy, to be treated with dignity'
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