Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not backtracking from his promise to build a new West Bank settlement as compensation for evicted settlers from Amona, aides say, rebutting recent reports claiming he had frozen these plans in light of his meeting with US President Donald Trump last week.
“There is absolutely no intention to violate the commitment that was made to the settlers of Amona,” a senior aide in the Prime Minister’s Office says.
“Just today, his chief of staff Yoav Horowitz spoke with [settler leader] Avichai Baron and told him that every effort is being made to find an agreed-upon solution, and that we are not reneging on our commitment.”
Reports on Sunday evening claimed that Netanyahu had told ministers he may have to abandon the plan under pressure from the Trump administration, seeing it as a trade-off for concerted action against Iran.
— Raphael Ahren
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