US Israeli relations bruised over settlements

The World

The World’s Matthew Bell reports from Jerusalem on the continued reverberations from Israel’s diplomatic blunder last week when it announced plans to build new homes in disputed East Jerusalem. More settlement construction is not supported by Washington � so it didn’t go over well when the announcement was made while US Vice President Joe Biden was in Jerusalem.

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