Palestine rebounds violently to continue building housing for Israeli settlers October 15, 10:51

While improving relations with Arab countries, the Israeli government has indicated that it will continue to build housing for Jewish settlers in the West Bank of Palestine, which has been a factor in the conflict.


Palestine is violently repulsing, with the aim of fixing settlements backed by the United States, which mediates relations improvement.

The Israeli government announced on the 14th that it has decided to build more than 2,000 new homes in a settlement in the West Bank of Palestine.



In response, the Palestinian Authority issued a statement, saying, "It is incompatible with the UN resolution that the settlement is illegal. We call for immediate intervention by the international community to stop the Netanyahu administration's policy." ..



Settlements have contributed to the conflict between Israel, Palestine, and the Arab countries, but Israel has recently agreed with the UAE = United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to normalize diplomatic relations through the mediation of the United States, and Prime Minister Netanyahu At the time of the agreement with the UAE, the merger of Jewish settlements was suspended.



However, this time, it seems that Israel is aiming to fix the settlements with the United States as a backing, showing the attitude to continue the construction of housing for settlers, and there will be opposition from Arab countries in the future. Expected.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo emphasizes the need to improve relations

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal in Washington, DC on the 14th over improving relations between Israel and Arab countries, saying, "I hope Saudi Arabia will normalize diplomatic relations with Israel." It was.



He also said, "The countries of the Middle East correctly understand that they need to cooperate with each other to counter the influence of Iran." It is necessary to improve relations between Israel and the Arab countries to counter hostile Iran. I emphasized that.



The Trump administration has so far mediated the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel, the UAE = United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and the focus is on the movement of Saudi Arabia, which is also known as the Arab lord.



However, Saudi Arabia has been cautious, and Foreign Minister Faisal did not mention normalization of diplomatic relations with Israel at the meeting on that day.