Settlement expansion is obstacle to peace, Blinken tells US Israel lobby
Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, pledged continued US commitment to both Israel's security and a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict on Monday, but said the expansion of Jewish settlements would be an obstacle to peace, Reuters reports. In a speech to the pro-Israel lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, Blinken also said that moves toward annexation of the Israeli-occupied West Bank or that disrupt the status quo […]
