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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Nov 18, 2019, 09:17 PM Nov 2019

Pompeo announces reversal of longstanding US policy on Israeli settlements

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a major reversal of the US' longstanding policy on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, rejecting a 1978 State Department legal opinion that deemed the settlements "inconsistent with international law."

The announcement, which breaks with international law and consensus, is the latest in a string of hardline, pro-Israeli moves that are likely to inflame tensions between the Trump administration and Palestinians and widen the divide between the Trump administration and traditional US allies in Europe.

"After carefully studying all sides of the legal debate... the establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank is not, per se, inconsistent with international law," Pompeo said, citing President Ronald Reagan's 1981 assessment that the settlements were not "inherently illegal."

Pompeo said the US government is "expressing no view on the legal status of any individual settlement" or "addressing or prejudging the ultimate status of the West Bank."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pompeo-announces-reversal-of-longstanding-us-policy-on-israeli-settlements/ar-BBWXg35?li=BBnb7Kz

Playing to the evangelical vote.

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Pompeo announces reversal of longstanding US policy on Israeli settlements (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 OP
This is just another example of the decline of America. Can our nation recover - not sure. walkingman Nov 2019 #1
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