BEGIN WARDEN MESSAGE FROM U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL JERUSALEM
Warden Message – September 3, 2010
Due to heightened tensions and increased security presence after the August 31 and September 1 attacks in the West Bank, the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem has prohibited all Consulate personnel from personal travel to the West Bank, including along routes 1 and 90 and on the Allenby Bridge, Saturday-Monday, September 4-6, 2010.
Due to the large crowds expected in the Old City, the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem is also prohibiting Consulate staff from visiting the Old City Sunday-Monday September 5-6, 2010.
Sincerely,
U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
American Citizen Services Unit
More info:
Current information on travel and security in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip may be obtained from the Department of State by calling 1-888-407-4747 within the United States and Canada, or, from overseas, 1-202-501-4444. For additional and more in-depth information about specific aspects of travel to these areas, U.S. citizens should consult: the Travel Warning for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza; the Country Specific Information for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza; and the Worldwide Caution. These along with other Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts and Country Specific Information are available on the Department's Internet website at http://travel.state.gov. Up-to-date information on security conditions can also be accessed at http://usembassy-israel.org.il or http://jerusalem.usconsulate.
Quite encouraging.
On the other hand, maybe now they realize that security comes first?
P.S.
FYI
U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv: http://telaviv.usembassy.gov/
Department of State: www.travel.state.gov
U.S. Consulate General Jerusalem: http://jerusalem.usconsulate.
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they won't realize that security comes first because the decisions are not made by the us diplomats here but in DC and NYC and Boston, etc.
The staff on the ground here are expendable as far as the DC bosses are concerned.
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