10/28/2020

ISRAEL/TRUMP ADMIN: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [Oct. 28, 2020] lifted restrictions on federal investment in science, research and agriculture projects in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which the international community views as occupied territory…

In 2019, the State Department certified that it no longer viewed Israeli settlements beyond the 1967 cease-fire line in the West Bank as ‘inconsistent with international law,’ paving the way for increased U.S. engagement in these areas.”

-Laura Kelly, “Trump administration lifts ban on funding research in Israeli settlements,” thehill.com, Oct. 28, 2020