The Foreign Ministry was reported today about to take up with the United States State Department the recent activities of certain American consular officials in East Jerusalem which it considered detrimental to Israeli interests.
Among those activities, according to the report, was the giving of “advice” to Arab women who demonstrated in East Jerusalem last week against Israel’s Independence Day parade. According to information received by the Israel Foreign Ministry, a delegation of the women visited an official in the U.S. Consulate whom they informed of their plans. Two consular officials subsequently appeared on the site of the demonstration, although it had not been announced beforehand, and was, in any event, illegal. Israel is expected to ask the State Department to instruct consular officials to confine their activities to their legitimate tasks which are to take care of the interests of U.S. citizens.
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