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Turmoil in the occupied West Bank, where violence between Jewish settlers and Palestinians is spiraling, is making Israel's goal of normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia "a lot tougher, if not impossible," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. The Biden administration earlier this week objected to an Israeli decision to authorize settlement construction, the latest move by the religious-nationalist coalition despite appeals form Washington not to fan rising tensions. Asked at a Council on Foreign Relations event in New York whether the dimmed prospect for a Palestinian state - given factors including Israeli settlement expansion and the recent uptick in violence in the West Bank - made normalization with Israel's neighbors more difficult, Blinken said this was part of his conversations with Israeli officials.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turmoil in the occupied West Bank, where violence between Jewish settlers and Palestinians is spiraling, is making Israel s goal of normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia