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Israeli official: US stressed opposition to new settlement homes, but no threat made

By Jacob Magid 6 May 2022, 2:55 pm Edit

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US correspondent based in New York

US President Joe Biden, right, meets with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, August 27, 2021. (Evan Vucci/AP)

US President Joe Biden, right, meets with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, August 27, 2021. (Evan Vucci/AP)

The Biden administration has in recent weeks expressed its opposition to Israeli plans to advance a new batch of settlement homes, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.

“They emphasized their long-held position, but it wasn’t a threat,” the Israeli official says.

There was no threat to cancel Biden’s trip in June if the approvals went forward, a source familiar says.

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