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  • US Embassy briefly includes West Bank and Gaza in Twitter handle, sparking storm

    01/21/2021 8:40:15 AM PST · by SJackson · 9 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | January 20, 2021 | JACOB MAGID
    Change occurs after Trump ambassador David Friedman relinquishes account, but is swiftly reversed; spokesman says it was not indicative of policy shift The US Embassy in Israel briefly changed its Twitter account name to include the West Bank and Gaza, sparking an immediate storm on the social media network by many who wondered whether it represented a policy shift on President Joe Biden’s first day in office. The @USAmbIsrael account’s name changed to “US Ambassador to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza” around noon in DC (7 p.m. in Israel), when Biden was sworn in as president and David Friedman,...