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                  Russia Says U.S. Backing for Israeli Settlements Blow to Peace Process

                  Russia Says U.S. Backing for Israeli Settlements Blow to Peace Process

                  20.11.2019, Israel and the World

                  Russia's Foreign Affairs Ministry said Tuesday that a U.S. decision to effectively back Israel's right to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank undermined the legal basis for a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

                  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday abandoned Washington's four-decade-old position that such settlements were "inconsistent with international law."

                  Russia's Foreign Ministry condemned the change of policy in a statement on Tuesday, warning the move would escalate tensions in the region.

                  Moscow's stance is that such settlements on Palestinian territory are illegal under international law, it said.

                  Moscow Times