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Israel's West Bank Settlement Expansions Won't Undermine Gulf Normalization

Oct 16, 2020 | 21:52 GMT

A picture taken on October 14, 2020, shows the Israeli Shimaa settlement south of the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, with the Palestinian village of Samua in the background.

A picture taken on October 14, 2020, shows the Israeli Shimaa settlement south of the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, with the Palestinian village of Samua in the background.

(Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

In the absence of any real consequence to proceeding, Israel will maintain its long-term strategy of expanding settlements despite international protest to secure parts of the West Bank and undermine a future Palestinian state....

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