“We will continue to be very direct with the Israeli government, both privately and publicly, and state that we believe its settlement plan is an obstacle to peace and contrary to international law,” the State Department spokesman said. Matthew Millerin a press conference.
Miller echoed the words of the US Secretary of State: Anthony Blinkenwho questioned the legality of the settlements in Buenos Aires last Friday after an Israeli minister announced their creation 3,300 new homes in the West Bank. The government of Democrat Joe Biden is reversing the policy of his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump, who no longer viewed these colonies as illegal.
Miller explained that the United States and Israel have disagreed over settlement policy “for decades” under various administrations and administrations, both Democratic and Republican.
“It’s nothing new”emphasized the spokesman, who explained that this is also an issue that Washington is raising in talks to normalize relations between Israel and some Arab countries in the region.
The Israeli finance minister, the right winger Bezalel Smotrichannounced Friday the creation of 3,300 homes in response to a shooting Thursday by Palestinians that killed an Israeli in the West Bank.
Smotrich, who lives as a settler in a settlement in the occupied West Bank, said in a statement that Israel would seek immediate approval of the plan to build these new houses, explaining that most of them would be built in Maale Adumim, close to the site , where the shooting took place.