US Treasury Secretary: Restrictions in the West Bank harm Israel's interests. Yellen said that the restrictions imposed by Israel on the Palestinians severely harmed the Palestinian economy and negatively affected Israel.
“We do not want to see the conflict spread to other regions. Israel is a friend and we talk to it regularly. If we see something that worries us, we tell our partners what we think about it,” said Yellen in an interview in Brazil, where she is attending the G20 ministerial meeting.