Explained: What change in US policy on Israeli settlements in West Bank means | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: What change in US policy on Israeli settlements in West Bank means | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |New Delhi |Updated: November 20, 2019 8:43:03 am

Explained: What change in US policy on Israeli settlements in West Bank means

The West Bank, a patch of land about one and a half times the size of Goa, was captured by Jordan after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Israel snatched it back during the Six Day War of 1967, and has occupied it ever since.

Benjamin Netanyahu with Israeli settlement authorities in West Bank Tuesday. (AP Photo: Menahem Kahana)

The United States no longer thinks Israeli settlements in the West Bank violate international law, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday. The new US view is different from that of most countries’ on this issue.