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US says new Israeli settlements ‘inconsistent’ with international law

The illegal Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on August 16, 2023 [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]

The United States has said that new Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are illegal, effectively reversing a policy by the administration of former President Donald Trump.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said an announcement by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that more than 3,300 new Israeli settlements are to be built in the occupied West Bank was “disappointing”.

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