(Washington Post) John Hudson - Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a reversal of the U.S. position on Israeli communities in the West Bank on Friday, saying they are "inconsistent with international law." The decision - which was also announced at the White House - followed the Israeli finance minister's announcement Thursday of plans for approval of 3,000 new homes in existing communities in response to an attack by Palestinian gunmen near Jerusalem that killed one Israeli and wounded five. In 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that the U.S. no longer considered Israeli communities in the West Bank a violation of international law.
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