Israel’s proposal to build thousands of houses for settlers in the West Bank will face “firm opposition” from the United States, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
“Our administration maintains firm opposition to settlement expansion,” Blinken said during a visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina. “And in our judgment, this only weakens — it doesn’t strengthen — Israel’s security.”
Israeli settler violence in the West Bank has been a source of friction between President Joe Biden’s team and the Israeli government in recent months, even as Biden maintains a supportive posture regarding the war against Hamas. An attack on Thursday by Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank gave the far-right wing of the Israeli government an occasion to press for new “restrictions”
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