US opposes Israeli plans to rebuild Homesh West Bank settlement

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US opposes Israeli plans to rebuild Homesh West Bank settlement
State Department spokesman Ned Price spoke two days after the state informed the High Court of Justice that it was looking to change its policy toward the Homesh settlement.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Published: JANUARY 5, 2023

The Biden administration is opposed to Israeli plans to legalize the Homesh yeshiva and to rebuild the West Bank settlement that the IDF destroyed on that northern Samaria hilltop during the 2005 disengagement.

"Our call to refrain from unilateral steps certainly includes any decision to create a new settlement, legalize outposts or allow the building of any kind deep in the West Bank adjacent to Palestinian communities or on private Palestinian land," US State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters in Washington.

He spoke two days after the state informed the High Court of Justice that it was looking to change its policy toward the Homesh hilltop in keeping with the coalition agreement that called for the authorization of an illegal yeshiva at the site and the rebuilding of the Homesh settlement.

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