Trump-era spike in Israeli settlement growth has only begun
JOSEPH KRAUSS, Associated Press
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1of24Sunlight peeks through clouds over a section of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, March 12, 2021. Israel went on an aggressive settlement spree during the Trump era, according to an AP investigation, pushing deeper into the occupied West Bank than ever before and putting the Biden administration into a bind as it seeks to revive Mideast peace efforts.Maya Alleruzzo/APShow MoreShow Less
2of24A Palestinian laborer works on a new building in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Israel went on an aggressive settlement spree during the Trump era, according to an AP investigation, pushing deeper into the occupied West Bank than ever before and putting the Biden administration into a bind as it seeks to revive Mideast peace efforts.Maya Alleruzzo/APShow MoreShow Less
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.
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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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