From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
White House ‘anxious’ over rapid settlement expansion – Johnson
The US administration is concerned by Israel’s recent expansions of West Bank settlements, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says during a trip to Jerusalem.
“So I think the very clear message that I got from the press conference between Prime Minister Bibi [Benjamin] Netanyahu and President Trump [on February 15] is that I think there is anxiety in the White House, as there has been for a long time, about the pace of settlements and illegal settlements on the West Bank.”
The UK has “not deviated from our traditional view that a two-state solution is the way ahead,” he tells Channel 10. “We really want to encourage that. And we do think that settlements are illegal and get in the way of it.”
Friendly & frank talks w/ #Israel PM @netanyahu in #Jerusalem. Discussed Two States solution, trade & concern over illegal settlements pic.twitter.com/rkiYOkT7J7
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) March 8, 2017
— Raphael Ahren
The Times of Israel Community.