US troubled by settlers in Homesh, Ben-Gvir's Temple Mount visit - State Dept
"We are concerned by today’s provocative visit to the Temple Mount... and the accompanying inflammatory rhetoric," read the official statement.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, TOVAH LAZAROFF
The US State Department on Sunday said Washington was deeply troubled by the government's order that allows Jewish settlers to establish a permanent presence in the Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank.
"We are deeply troubled by the Israeli government’s order that allows its citizens to establish a permanent presence in the Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank, which according to Israeli law was illegally built on private Palestinian land," wrote State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller in a statement.
"This order is inconsistent with both former Prime Minister Sharon’s written commitment to the Bush Administration in 2004 and the current Israeli government’s commitments to the Biden Administration. Advancing Israeli settlements in the West Bank is an obstacle to the achievement of a two-state solution.
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"We are concerned by today’s provocative visit to the Temple Mount... and the accompanying inflammatory rhetoric," read the official statement.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, TOVAH LAZAROFF
The US State Department on Sunday said Washington was deeply troubled by the government's order that allows Jewish settlers to establish a permanent presence in the Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank.
"We are deeply troubled by the Israeli government’s order that allows its citizens to establish a permanent presence in the Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank, which according to Israeli law was illegally built on private Palestinian land," wrote State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller in a statement.
"This order is inconsistent with both former Prime Minister Sharon’s written commitment to the Bush Administration in 2004 and the current Israeli government’s commitments to the Biden Administration. Advancing Israeli settlements in the West Bank is an obstacle to the achievement of a two-state solution.
more............. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-743791