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‘Israel’ Plays down WH Comments on Settlements

‘Israel’ Plays down WH Comments on Settlements
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A senior ‘Israeli' official played down Friday remarks from the White House that building new or expanding existing settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories "may not be helpful" in securing peace.

‘Israel’ Plays down WH Comments on Settlements

In an apparent break from President Donald Trump's previously full-throated support of outpost building, White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters Thursday that the new administration hadn't yet taken an official position on settlements.

Responding Friday, the Zionist ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said Spicer's comments didn't amount to "a U-turn".

"The statement is very clear and essentially means: wait for the meeting with [‘Israeli'] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu, who is arriving in Washington in less than two weeks to meet President Trump, and then we'll determine our policy," Danon told ‘Israeli' public radio.

‘Israel' has now approved more than 6,000 settler units since Trump took office having signaled a softer stance on settlement construction than predecessor Barack Obama.

"While we don't believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace
, the construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful," Spicer said Thursday.

Trump is scheduled to welcome Netanyahu to the White House on Feb. 15.

After the ‘Israeli" apartheid regime this week pledged to build a new settlement for the first time in 25 years, Danon implied there might not be further settlement announcements prior to the meeting.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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