In first, US embassy provides services to Israelis in Judea and Samaria

(JNS) — The U.S. embassy in Israel on Friday opened consular services for Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria for the first time.

The one-day consular pop-up operation took place in Efrat, in the Gush Etzion region of Judea. An additional one is expected to open soon in Beitar Illit, in the Binyamin region of Samaria, according to the Yesha Council, an umbrella organization of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.

Israel Ganz, head of the Binyamin Regional Council and chairman of the Yesha Council, described the move as “historic justice.”

On Thursday, Ganz thanked U.S. Ambassador to Is...