Israelis hailed a US announcement that it no longer considers settlements in the West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem illegal, but the Palestinians pledged fresh measures to oppose it Tuesday.
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The Israeli settlement of Kyryat Arba in pictured in the occupied West Bank near the Palestinian town of Hebron on November 19, 2019. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a US statement deeming Israeli settlement not to be illegal "rights a historical wrong". But the Palestinian Authority decried the US policy shift as "completely against international law". Both sides were responding to an announcement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying that Washington "no longer considers Israeli settlements to be "inconsistent with international law". (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
2019-11-19 16:50:13
Israelis hailed a US announcement that it no longer considers settlements in the West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem illegal, but the Palestinians pledged fresh measures to oppose it Tuesday.
Most Israeli politicians and media joined settler groups in welcoming the announcement made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday.
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