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November 19, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Taking-the-illegal-out-of-settlements-608223

Taking the "Illegal" Out of "Settlements" Alters the Parameters of the Conversation

(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Almost any time you read an article in the international media about the settlements, somewhere the term "illegal settlement" will appear. On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that this is not the case, that the U.S. does not believe that the settlements are illegal. This alters the parameters of the conversation because the U.S. is a rather significant member of the international community and does not share that view. Decoupling the words "illegal" from "Israeli settlements" is now formal U.S. policy.

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