Blinken warns Netanyahu on West Bank annexation but holds fire on far-right cabinet

WASHINGTON, 05 December 2022, (TON): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed to oppose Israeli settlements or annexation in the West Bank but promised to judge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming government by actions and not personalities.

Netanyahu is expected within days to return to power after sealing a coalition deal with extreme-right movements including Religious Zionism, which is set for a post in charge of settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Speaking to J Street, a left-leaning pro-Israel US advocacy group, Blinken offered congratulations to the veteran Israeli leader, who has clashed with previous Democratic administrations in Washington.

Blinken said “we will gauge the government by the policies it pursues rather than individual personalities.”

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