{"id":1764943,"date":"2022-12-06T14:04:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T19:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764943"},"modified":"2022-12-06T14:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T19:04:25","slug":"blinken-elevates-palestinian-claims-to-jerusalem-at-j-street-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-elevates-palestinian-claims-to-jerusalem-at-j-street-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken Elevates Palestinian Claims to Jerusalem at J Street Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblinken-elevates-palestinian-claims-to-jerusalem-at-j-street-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764943&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/\">Biden Administration<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Secretary of state described anti-Israel J Street as &#8216;remarkable organization&#8217; that he consults regularly<\/p>\n<p>    Antony Blinken \/ Getty Images   <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/adam-kredo\/\" title=\"Posts by Adam Kredo\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Adam Kredo<\/a> \u2022 December 6, 2022 2:00 pm  <\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken elevated Palestinian claims to Jerusalem during a keynote speech on Sunday before the anti-Israel group J Street, which Blinken described as &#8220;a remarkable organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the Biden administration &#8220;continues to recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital,&#8221; it is &#8220;central to the national visions of both Palestinians and Israelis, and must be a city for all of its people,&#8221; Blinken said. He also touted the Biden administration\u2019s renewed engagement with the Palestinian government, which includes nearly $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer aid, and accused &#8220;Israeli settlers&#8221; of perpetrating violence against Palestinians, a line that drew applause from J Street\u2019s crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The secretary\u2019s comments about Jerusalem raised eyebrows with pro-Israel leaders in Congress, particularly as the Biden administration seeks to elevate diplomatic ties with the Palestinian government by reopening a Palestinian Affairs consulate in the city. This decision has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-admin-probed-over-illegal-efforts-to-undermine-israeli-sovereignty-over-jerusalem\/\">drawn accusations<\/a> that the administration is working with the Palestinians to erode Israel\u2019s sovereignty over the city. Groups like J Street opposed the Trump administration\u2019s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s undivided capital, <a href=\"https:\/\/jstreet.org\/trumps-reckless-move-jerusalem\/#.Y45JoezMLDI\">calling<\/a> it &#8220;a reckless decision that brings with it no tangible benefits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> that Blinken\u2019s comments are an effort by the Biden administration to &#8220;elevate Palestinian claims&#8221; to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Biden administration is committed to leveling the claims between the Palestinians and Israel to Jerusalem, Israel\u2019s eternal and unified capital,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;If they could move our embassy out of Jerusalem they would, but they\u2019re not prepared to pay the political price that would incur. So instead, they intend to elevate the Palestinian claims, most notably by trying to open a Palestinian-facing consulate in the city. It\u2019s both predictable and abhorrent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A State Department spokesman told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> that &#8220;Jerusalem itself is a final status issue to be resolved through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.&#8221; The spokesman added that the &#8220;U.S. position is that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel&#8221; and that &#8220;the United States is committed to keeping the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, which we recognize as Israel\u2019s capital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blinken\u2019s engagement with J Street\u2014an activist group that has positioned itself as the leading critic of incoming Israeli prime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken elevated Palestinian claims to Jerusalem during a keynote speech on Sunday before the anti-Israel group J Street, which Blinken described as \u201ca remarkable organization.\u201d<br \/>\nThe post Blinken Elevates Palestinian Claims to Jerusalem at J Street Conference appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":1764946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1764943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1764946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}