Biden administration restores Trump-rescinded policy on illegitimacy of Israeli settlements

Biden Administration Reverses Pompeo Doctrine, Declares Settlements Illegal

Blinken: "New settlements are counterproductive to reaching an enduring peace. They’re also inconsistent with international law." But no new settlements were authorized by Israel this week!

US says new Israeli settlements ‘inconsistent’ with international law

The US and its allies have historically done little to pressure Israel to halt or roll back settlement expansion.

US calls new Israeli settlements in West Bank illegal in policy turnaround - La Prensa Latina Media

Washington, Feb 23 (EFE).- United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank was inconsistent with international law, signaling a return to Washington’s long standing policy on the matter after a reversal by the Donald Trump administration. “It’s been longstanding US policy under Republican and Democratic administrations alike that new settlements are counterproductive…

New Israeli settlements in West Bank are illegal and inconsistent with international law: Blinken

New Israeli settlements in West Bank are illegal and inconsistent with international law: Blinken The new Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal and inconsistent with international law, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said, reversing a Trump-era policy.Blinken, at a joint press conference with the Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino in Buenos Aires, said he was disappointed with Israel's latest plans for settlement expan…

Biden, to Appease Palestinians, Reverses Trump Policy on Legality of Settlements

President Joe Biden attempted to appease Palestinians Friday by reversing a Donald Trump-era policy Friday that declared the presence of Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) to be legal under international law.

US ‘firmly’ opposes Israel's West Bank settlement plans: Blinken says ‘inconsistent with international law’

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken criticizes Israel's new settlements in West Bank, citing counterproductivity to peace efforts and breach of international law.