The US State Department website has dropped “Palestinian Territories” from its list of countries and areas in the Middle East.
It is unknown when the listing was removed. The Trump administration has been denying the change.
“You can ask Mike Pompeo,” said US President Donald Trump when asked by a reporter at the Group of Seven, or G7, meetings in Biarritz, France, over whether removing the Palestinian Authority from the department’s website was “conducive” to the administration’s peace initiative.
“The website is being updated,” a State Department official told JNS. “There’s been no change to our policy.”

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