The delay, outlined in a letter to France, comes as Fatah, the governing party, is suffering from deep internal rifts.
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Hussein al-Sheikh, deputy to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah, West Bank, in February. He was said to have sent the letters to European officials notifying them of the postponement.
A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
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David Milstein, a top official in the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, has been entrusted with much of the missionโs portfolio by Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
Israel had threatened to close the British Consulate in East Jerusalem, a center of outreach to Palestinians for decades. A last-minute agreement means a smaller diplomatic service will remain.
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The British Consulate in East Jerusalem on Thursday. The building will now be known as the U.K. Mission, Jerusalem.
Jonathan Powell, Britainโs national security adviser, visited Israel last week to try to negotiate over the looming closure of his countryโs consulate in Jerusalem, according to three officials.
A badly wounded Indian pilot managed to unlock the cockpit door. Four Israeli men teamed up to overwhelm an attacker and avert disaster.
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A FlyDubai plane carrying Israeli passengers who had earlier been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia approaches Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
โI donโt deserve to die like this,โ said one passenger on Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The motive of the cockpit stabbing remains unknown, officials said.
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