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Dore Gold: Congressional Letter about Settlement Illegality "Seriously Flawed"
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - The letter 107 Democratic representatives sent to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling for him to reverse his declaration that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria are not illegal "contains serious flaws," and implies that Israel's moral standing is in question and does not share America's values, Dore Gold wrote on Wednesday to those who signed the letter. "Let's be clear: Israel adheres to international law," wrote Gold, a former director-general of the Israel Foreign Ministry. "We do not view our settlements in the West Bank, many of which date back some 50 years, as a violation of international law." Gold enclosed an opinion on the legality of settlements written by former Foreign Ministry legal adviser Alan Baker, who is now a colleague at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs that Gold heads.