US softens stance on Israeli settlements

By Arshad Mohammed and Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk
Updated November 19 2019 - 8:23am, first published 8:21am
The US has backed Israeli settlements in the West Bank, abandoning its four-decade-old policy.
The US has backed Israeli settlements in the West Bank, abandoning its four-decade-old policy.

The United States has effectively backed Israel's right to build Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank by abandoning its four-decade-old position that they were "inconsistent with international law."

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