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Politics
Ali Harb

US House Speaker Mike Johnson visits Israeli West Bank settlement

Mike Johnson's trip to the settlement of Ariel comes after settler violence killed two United States citizens in July [File: J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]

Mike Johnson, the top legislator in the United States Congress, has visited an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, drawing condemnation from Palestinians.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called the trip by the speaker of the US House of Representatives on Monday a “blatant violation of international law”.

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