Biden regime restores policy Trump rescinded, claiming Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria are ‘illegitimate’
Why has this policy been restored? Because Rashida Tlaib and Nihad Awad, among others, have threatened that Biden will get no Muslim votes in November unless he betrays Israel.
The West Bank is the name that Jordan gave in 1950 to the land that had been known as Judea and Samaria from time immemorial. Knowing that we are discussing Jews living in Judea puts the issue of “settlements” in a very different light from how Blinken and the establishment media cast the issue.
Biden administration restores Trump-rescinded policy on illegitimacy of Israeli settlements
WASHINGTON (AP) — by Matthew Lee, Associated Press, February 23, 2024:
The Biden administration on Friday restored a U.S. legal finding dating back nearly 50 years that Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are “illegitimate” under international law.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. believes settlements are inconsistent with Israel’s obligations, reversing a determination made by his predecessor, Mike Pompeo, in the Biden administration’s latest shift away from the pro-Israel policies pursued by former President Donald Trump.
Blinken’s comments came in response to a reporter’s question about an announcement that Israel would build more than 3,300 new homes in West Bank settlements as a riposte to a fatal Palestinian shooting attack.
It wasn’t clear why Blinken chose this moment, more than three years into his tenure, to reverse Pompeo’s decision. But it came at a time of growing U.S.-Israeli tensions over the war in Gaza, with the latest settlement announcement only adding to the strain. It also came as the United Nations’ highest court, the International Court of Justice, is holding hearings into the legality of the Israeli occupation.
Biden administration officials did not cast Blinken’s comments as a reversal — but only because they claim Pompeo’s determination was never issued formally. Biden administration lawyers concluded Pompeo’s determination was merely his opinion and not legally binding, according to two administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private discussions.
But formally issued or not, Pompeo’s announcement in November 2019 was widely accepted as U.S. policy and had not been publicly repudiated until Blinken spoke on Friday….
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