US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday, announcing that his country would press on with a plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem and vowing to rally support for Gaza without helping Hamas.
Mr Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem before travelling to the West Bank city of Ramallah to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Secretary of State also said his government was seeking $75 million from Congress for the Palestinians.
Mr Blinken is due to travel on to Amman and Cairo as part of a broader trip to the region to consolidate the ceasefire that brought the 11-day war between Israel and Hamas to a halt.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said his country would move forward with a plan to reopen the US consulate in Jerusalem after a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The consulate long served as an autonomous office in charge of diplomatic relations with the Palestinians.
But former President Donald Trump downgraded its operations and placed them under the authority of his ambassador to Israel when he moved the embassy to Jerusalem.
The move infuriated the Palestinians, who view east Jerusalem as occupied territory and the capital of their future state.
The Biden administration will ask Congress for $75 million development and economic assistance for the Palestinians, Mr Blinken said.
Speaking after his meeting with Mr Abbas, Mr Blinken said the US would also provide $5.5 million in immediate disaster assistance for Gaza and $32 million to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).