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 D.C. (7 P.M. in Israel) when Biden was sworn in as president and David Friedman, a political appointee of former president Donald Trump, officially stepped down from the post.

A short time later it reverted to “US Ambassador to Israel” and a spokesman for the embassy told The Times of Israel that the changes “did not reflect a policy change or indication of future policy change.”

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