\r\n\tUS Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro voiced a particularly sharp attack against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Monday, accusing Israeli authorities of holding them to different standards of law.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tHe expressed the unusually harsh criticism during a speech at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) conference in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\t"We are concerned and perplexed by Israel's strategy on settlements," Shapiro stated. "This government and previous Israeli governments have repeatedly expressed support for a negotiated settlement that would involve mutual recognition and separation."<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\t"Yet separation will become more and more difficult if Israel continues to expand settlements," he asserted.<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2016-01-19 11:47:32","content_date_finish":"2016-01-19 11:47:32","content_date_register":"2016-01-19 11:47:32","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"126192","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"2312028536","attach_date_register":"2016-01-19 11:47:35","attach_id":"131670","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"821","attach_img_height":"438","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"123","visit_date_last":"2025-05-12 05:44:29","attach_title":"US ambassador blame Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]