Netanyahu rejects criticisms over illegal settlements

A day after a U.S. State Department spokesman criticized Israeli illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and the occupied al-Quds (‘Jerusalem’), Zionist regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back on Tuesday, calling the U.S. position "unacceptable."

Speaking at a press conference in Rwanda, Netanyahu said, "We are familiar with the American position. It is not new. It is also not acceptable to us."

Netanyahu claimed the illegal settlements were preventive instead.