Israeli settlements

Israeli settlements

European ambassadors to the United Nations Security Council (L-R) Jurgen Schulz, German Deputy Ambassador to the UN, France's Nicolas De Riviere, Britain's Karen Pierce, Poland's Joanna Wronecka and Belgium's Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve reiterate their position on Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories ahead of a Security Council meeting on the Middle East at the United Nations in New York, US, November 20, 2019. Reuters/Rodrigo Campos

At United Nations, US faces strong opposition to its shift on Israeli settlements

Like many of the Trump administration’s pro-Israeli moves, the settlements announcement has appealed to evangelical Christians, an important part of Trump’s political base that he is counting on to...