In an online event hosted by Americans for Peace Now, the US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said that Israeli settlement construction is a “stupid thing” that impedes the achievement of a two-state solution.
“We cannot do stupid things that impede us for a two-state solution. What I mean is we cannot have the Israelis doing settlement growth in east Jerusalem or the West Bank,” Nides said.
“I’m a bit of a nag on this, including the idea of settlement growth, which infuriates me when they do things that just infuriate the situation in east Jerusalem and the West Bank,” he added.
He continued, “I went full board on E1. It is a very important area which if built could cut off any possibility of capital for the Palestinians.”
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