The US State Department said that the Israeli occupation plans to expand the settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories exacerbate tensions and undermine trust between the parties.
The State Department’s Deputy Spokesperson, Jalina Porter, said “The Biden administration has been clear from the outset. We strongly oppose the expansion of settlements which exacerbates tensions and undermines trust between the parties.”
“Israel’s program of expanding settlements deeply damages the prospect for a two-state solution,” she said in a telephone briefing on Israel’s announcement of a meeting on May 12 to advance 4000 new West Bank settlement units.
Porter said the US administration has been clear “about the need to avoid unilateral steps that would exacerbate tensions and make it more difficult to preserve the viability of a two-state solution.”
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