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Trump did not act on Netanyahu’s request over British measures targeting Israeli settlements
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration did not respond to an Israeli request to intervene against British measures targeting trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, despite efforts by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to push Washington to oppose the decision.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration did not respond to the Israeli government’s request to intervene against measures announced by Britain concerning trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
The Times of Israel reported that Israel asked Washington to intervene after Britain announced a trade ban on settlements, a move that a group of Western countries supported or followed with similar measures.
U.S. officials had earlier prepared a draft statement criticizing the British move, but the statement was not issued after failing to receive support from the White House and senior leadership at the U.S. State Department.
Trump’s position came to the fore again during his meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York on September 22. When asked about the British measures, the U.S. president said he did not know the details of the move.
Reports indicate that Trump had been informed of the British decision in advance, but he did not ask London to delay or reverse it.
Dispute over settlements in the West Bank
On September 8, Britain announced a package of measures targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including a ban on trade in goods and certain services linked to the settlements.
The decision angered the Israeli government, which sought Washington’s support to oppose the British and broader Western move.
Netanyahu is preparing to raise the issue of sanctions and Western pressure on settlements during his address to the United Nations General Assembly, amid growing disagreements between Israel and several Western countries over settlement policy in the West Bank.
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