Breaking from annexation-backing predecessor, Tom Nides tells Hebrew paper he's entering job with 'no ideology,' says unlike Trump, Biden believes US must care for Palestinians

US correspondent Jacob Magid on Israel's influence over Iranian nuclear talks in Vienna; and political reporter Tal Schneider on Aryeh Deri's get-out-of-jail-free card

But the US Embassy's Palestinian Affairs Unit is now reporting directly to DC, as the shuttered Jerusalem mission did until 2019, in a partial revival of the pre-Trump status quo

Thomas Nides assumes post after nearly 10 months with no American envoy, as disagreements with Israel remain on Jerusalem consulate and Iran

US correspondent Jacob Magid on the consulate, Uighurs and Sudanese diplomacy, plus environmental reporter Sue Surkes on Glasgow, solar energy and the UAE pipeline

Abbas meeting with senior embassy personnel, but Palestinian official says policy unchanged and officials in Ramallah won't meet local US diplomats until consulate reopened

New policy allows citizens to enter US on expired passports, but doesn't enable return trip back to Israel

Senior Biden officials conveyed disapproval of East Jerusalem, West construction Bank three times in past month; in one exchange, Netanyahu responded, 'Jerusalem not a settlement'

Embassy calls on 'responsible voices to end incitement' after violent clashes outside Old City between cops, Palestinians and far-right Jewish mob chanting 'Death to Arabs'

The Trump administration said merging the capital's consulate into the embassy was more efficient. But diplomats claim it badly hampered their ability to reach out to Palestinians