Alwaght- US Secretary of State vowed on Sunday to oppose Israeli regime's illegal settlements and annexation of Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Anthony Blinken promised to judge Premier Benjamin Netanyahu's incoming cabinet by actions and not personalities, said AFP. "We will gauge the government by the policies it pursues rather than individual personalities," Blinken said.
Netanyahu is expected to return to power after sealing a coalition deal with the extreme-right movements, including Religious Zionism, which will be given a post in charge of settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Speaking to J Street, a progressive pro-Israel US advocacy group, Blinken said that "we will also continue to unequivocally oppose any acts that undermine the prospects of a two-state solution including but not limited to settlement expansion, moves toward annexation of the West Bank, disruption to the historic status quo of holy sites, demolitions and evictions, and incitement to violence.”
Jewish Power leader Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is expected to have a critical role, is a staunch advocate of illegal settlements and used to hang in his living room a portrait of Baruch Goldstein, the criminal who massacred 29 Palestinian worshippers at a Hebron mosque in 1994.
The November 1 election was Israeli regime's fifth in less than four years and came after the collapse of a motley coalition that tried to keep out the scandal-plagued Netanyahu.
