Settlements are not consistent with international law. The move will likely anger palestinians and put the United States at odds with other nations working to end the conflict. Rich edson reporting live from the statement this afternoon. Rich. Thank you, john, and from the secretary of state is the reversal of the Obama Administration and secretary of state, then secretary of state john kerrys interpretation when he said back in december of 2016 that the settlements were a flagrant violation of international law. The secretary of state says that this is now a legal opinion from the United States, from the Trump Administration that those israeli settlements do not per se violate international law. He also said that israel had the legal system to deal with this and that the United States in this decision is not judging what the status of the west bank is, that they very much is up to the israelis and the palestinians, when asked if there was concern from the International Community and t
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