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US Condemns Israel Over Reversal on West Bank Settlements Law

The Israeli flag hanging at a new military outpost near the town of Hawara, south of Nablus in the West Bank.

The Israeli flag hanging at a new military outpost near the town of Hawara, south of Nablus in the West Bank.

Photographer: Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

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The Biden administration condemned an Israeli parliament vote repealing a 2005 law that barred settlers from parts of the West Bank, calling the move “provocative and counterproductive.”

The US is “extremely troubled that the Israeli Knesset has passed legislation rescinding parts of the 2005 Disengagement Law,” deputy State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said. “We call on Israel to refrain from allowing settlers to return to the area.”