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Marco Rubio To Close State Department’s De Facto Palestinian Embassy

 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will dissolve the State Department’s Office of Palestinian Affairs (OPA), a Biden-era creation that elevated relations with the Palestinian Authority. In the early hours of Hamas’s October 7 attack, the OPA called on Israel to stand down and forgo any retaliation.