Settlement legalization inconsistent with Israeli democracy, US says
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that the Biden administration had clarified its opposition to settlement activity.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Published: FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Settlement activity and annexation is inconsistent with Israel’s identity as a democracy, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday. The US has opposed the “dynamic that we have seen in recent years, steps that include settlement activity… legalization [and] annexation,” Price said. “The reason there is such opposition to that is that it is entirely inconsistent with what Israel is, it is entirely inconsistent with Israel’s identity as …a democratic Jewish state,” Price said.
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US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that the Biden administration had clarified its opposition to settlement activity.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Published: FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Settlement activity and annexation is inconsistent with Israel’s identity as a democracy, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday. The US has opposed the “dynamic that we have seen in recent years, steps that include settlement activity… legalization [and] annexation,” Price said. “The reason there is such opposition to that is that it is entirely inconsistent with what Israel is, it is entirely inconsistent with Israel’s identity as …a democratic Jewish state,” Price said.
more............ https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-731498
