Israeli settlements

Israeli settlements

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen during a press conference in the garden of Marienborg Castle north of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 22, 2020. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS

Pompeo expected to visit Israeli settlement in parting gift

Pompeo’s expected visit would mark a radical departure from past administrations which frequently scolded Israel over settlement construction — to little effect

Buildings in the Palestinian village of Nazlat Isa near Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are seen behind the Israeli barrier and from the Arab-Israeli village of Baqa al-Gharbiyye, Israel February 1, 2020/ Reuters

Israel hopes Germany, other ICC members will help stave off Palestinian investigation

European ambassadors to the United Nations Security Council (L-R) Jurgen Schulz, German Deputy Ambassador to the UN, France's Nicolas De Riviere, Britain's Karen Pierce, Poland's Joanna Wronecka and Belgium's Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve reiterate their position on Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories ahead of a Security Council meeting on the Middle East at the United Nations in New York, US, November 20, 2019. Reuters/Rodrigo Campos

At United Nations, US faces strong opposition to its shift on Israeli settlements