The US normalizes the annexation of the West Bank by offering consular services in an illegal settlement

 

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The US normalizes the annexation of the West Bank by offering consular services in an illegal settlement

 

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CNN: US offers diplomatic services in West Bank settlement for first time. Critics warn it’s ‘normalizing annexation’ 

A general view of Efrat Jewish Settlement in Bethlehem, West Bank on March 30, 2024.

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Jerusalem  — 

The US embassy in Israel has announced its first-ever event offering diplomatic services in a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The announcement on Tuesday said consular offices would provide “routine passport services” to American citizens in the settlement of Efrat, south of Jerusalem, in a one-day event on Friday. The embassy said the outreach effort was part of the “Freedom 250” initiative to reach all American citizens.

This move appears to signal further US legitimization of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which is considered by much of the international community as land for a future Palestinian state.

It breaks with decades of US foreign policy, which has held that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are an obstacle to peace... READ MORE  https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/middleeast/us-israel-diplomatic-services-west-bank-annexation-intl