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DOUBLE DATE: The Arab Spring kicked off 10 years ago this week. The United Arab Emirates space agency, chaired by 34-year-old
Sarah Al Amiri, achieved Mars orbit with its Hope mission Tuesday.
Twitter Account Briefly Changed to âU.S. Ambassador to Israel, the West Bank and Gazaâ
Photo by Kagenmi/Getty Images
Shortly after Joe Biden was sworn in as president on January 20, the United States Ambassador to Israel briefly changed its name on Twitter to also include the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It was changed back after a couple of hours. The change was not reflected on the website of the embassy.
Biden Administration makes shortest Ambassador title change in history.
At 1:00 PM Eastern. At 3:00 PM Eastern. pic.twitter.com/50ee0BeDoo
The change came shortly after outgoing Ambassador David Friedman sent out his final tweet. Biden has yet to nominate his successor, and his pick for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is the midst of being confirmed. It is unclear who was responsible for the edit at the time.