Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is poised to announce that the U.S. no longer views Israel’s settlements in the West Bank as inconsistent with international law, according to a person familiar with the decision.
The move signals a significant shift in U.S. policy and is the latest offering to Israel since President Donald Trump took office, including moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
Pompeo is scheduled to address reporters at 2:30 p.m. EST on Monday. His decision was reported earlier in the day by the Associated Press.
The move could provide a boost to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces potential criminal charges over alleged corruption and the end of his record-long rule following national elections in September that has left the two leading parties struggling to build a governing coalition.
Netanyahu, a close ally of Trump, has said that a long-promised U.S. peace plan for the Mideast would offer Israel the chance to extend sovereignty to settlements in the West Bank. Palestinian leaders have said the Trump administration’s moves have doomed prospects for such a plan.
Veteran Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi denounced Pompeo in a tweet, saying the West Bank decision is “another blow to international law, justice & peace by a Biblical absolutist waiting for the ‘rapture.”’
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