Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a major reversal of longstanding US policy on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, rejecting a legal opinion that deemed the settlements 'inconsistent with international law'
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a major reversal of the US' longstanding policy on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, rejecting a 1978 State Department legal opinion that deemed the settlements"inconsistent with international law."
The announcement, which breaks with international law and consensus, is the latest in a string of hardline, pro-Israeli moves that are likely to inflame tensions between the Trump administration and Palestinians and widen the divide between the Trump administration and traditional US allies in Europe.
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