US settlement move reduces chances of Israeli-Palestinian peace deal
These are external links and will open in a new window/ The issue of Jewish settlements is a major source of dispute between Israel and the Palestinians The US policy shift on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank makes no difference from a legal point of view. The Trump administration can declare that the settlements are "not per se inconsistent with international law", as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did on Monday. But Americans do not make international law: that is up to bodies such as the United Nations and treaties such as ...
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