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5. U.S. to Israel: Relocating Amona Outpost Diverges From Netanyahu Commitment to Obama

Sun Aug 14, 2016, 03:10 AM

Aug 2016

Americans view plan to move outpost to West Bank land abandoned by Palestinians as diverging from Netanyahu's commitment to Obama that Israel would not appropriate Palestinian lands for settlements.

Barak Ravid Aug 14, 2016

Washington opposes Israel’s plan for the West Bank outpost of Amona that would have the settlement’s homes moved to land that apparently belongs to Palestinians who abandoned the site in 1967.

A senior U.S. official noted that Washington had recently approached the Israeli government to strongly protest the matter.

The official noted that the administration had held a series of discussions with Israelis at working and senior levels on Amona. The Americans view the plan as diverging from commitments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to President Barack Obama that Israel would not appropriate Palestinian land in the West Bank to establish new settlements or expand existing ones.

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