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18 November 201923.00 Israeli settlements in the West Bank are not against international law. The American Secretary of State Pompeo thinks so, denying a legal opinion of the State Department dating back to 1978. The US statement reflects "a historical truth: the Jewish people are not foreign colonialists in Judea and Samaria (West Bank, ed.) ". Thus the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Even the prime minister in charge of forming the new Israeli government, Gantz, praised the "important declaration".