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THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2025
Israeli minister says no pause on settlements after US asked Israel to halt expansion

Middle East

Reuters
08 February, 2023, 10:10 am
Last modified: 08 February, 2023, 10:28 am

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Israeli minister says no pause on settlements after US asked Israel to halt expansion

Reuters
08 February, 2023, 10:10 am
Last modified: 08 February, 2023, 10:28 am
A general view shows the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank September 11, 2018/ Reuters
A general view shows the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank September 11, 2018/ Reuters

One of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right allies said on Tuesday Israel would not freeze Jewish settlement building in the occupied West Bank, a week after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Israel to halt construction.

"There will be no construction freeze in Judea and Samaria period," a statement from Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism party said on Tuesday, using a term common in Israel for the West Bank.

Senior members of Netanyahu's far-right coalition have sought to further expand Jewish settlement in the West Bank, which was captured by Israel in a 1967 war and where Palestinians have long aimed to establish a state. Most world powers consider Israel's settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal.

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On a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories last week, Blinken repeated US calls for a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and called publicly for an end to settlement expansion.

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In private talks with Netanyahu, Blinken also asked Israel to stop Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank and halt the demolition of Palestinian houses, three US and Arab sources confirmed to Reuters, stressing that the request was not expressed as a formal demand.

Smotrich also oversees defence ministry organizations that are responsible for enforcing some regulations in the West Bank, giving him significant powers over the area.

Hopes of achieving a two-state solution, with a Palestinian state based largely in the West Bank, have all but disappeared since the last round of US-sponsored talks stalled in 2014.

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