EFRAT, West Bank (AP) â An aggressive Israeli settlement spree of over 9,000 homes during the Trump era pushed deeper into the occupied West Bank than ever before, according to an AP investigation. The trend puts the Biden administration in a tough bind if it follows through on pledges to revive peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians.
Satellite images and data obtained by The Associated Press document for the first time the full impact of the policies of then-President Donald Trump, who abandoned decades-long U.S. opposition to the settlements and proposed a Mideast plan that would have allowed Israel to keep them all â even those deep inside the West Bank.
Wednesday 14/04/2021
Palestinian farmer ploughs his land, aided by his donkey, facing the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba’a, in the West Bank town of Hebron, on April 4, 2021. (AP)
EFRAT, West Bank An aggressive Israeli settlement spree of over 9,000 homes during the Trump era pushed deeper into the occupied West Bank than ever before, according to an AP investigation. The trend puts the Biden administration in a tough bind if it follows through on pledges to revive peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians.
Satellite images and data document the full impact of the policies of then-President Donald Trump, who abandoned decades-long US opposition to the settlements and proposed a Mideast plan that would have allowed Israel to keep them all even those deep inside the West Bank.
If left unchallenged by the Biden administration, the ongoing construction boom could make fading hopes for a two-state solution – Palestine alongside Israel – even more elusive
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