US: Israel violated promises with provocative disengagement repeal
“The EU considers settlements as illegal under international law. They constitute a major obstacle to peace and threaten the viability of the two-state solution,” the European Union explained.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Israel violated its commitments to the United States by repealing portions of the Disengagement Law as they apply to northern Samaria, US State Deputy State Department spokesman Vendat Patel said in a harshly worded statement.
The move is “particularly provocative and counter-productive to efforts to restore some measure of calm as we head into Ramadan, Passover and Easter” period, he told reporters in Washington on Tuesday.
US President Joe Biden voiced his opposition to the repeal when he spoke this week with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Patel said. US officials also raised the matter this week when they met with Israelis at the summit at Sharm el-Sheikh this week and the one at Aqaba last month, he added.
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“The EU considers settlements as illegal under international law. They constitute a major obstacle to peace and threaten the viability of the two-state solution,” the European Union explained.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Israel violated its commitments to the United States by repealing portions of the Disengagement Law as they apply to northern Samaria, US State Deputy State Department spokesman Vendat Patel said in a harshly worded statement.
The move is “particularly provocative and counter-productive to efforts to restore some measure of calm as we head into Ramadan, Passover and Easter” period, he told reporters in Washington on Tuesday.
US President Joe Biden voiced his opposition to the repeal when he spoke this week with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Patel said. US officials also raised the matter this week when they met with Israelis at the summit at Sharm el-Sheikh this week and the one at Aqaba last month, he added.
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