The White House brakes on new Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The spokesman Sean Spicer said that construction of new homes "can not be useful" to Middle East peace. Spicer said that "while we do not believe that the existence of the settlements is an impediment to peace, the building of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements, it may not be useful."
II commentators of the New York Times and Washington Post noted that the position resembles to that of George W. Bush in 2004 and is therefore softer than the Obama Administration towards Israel. But it's also an alignment on the solution of "two peoples, two states", the cornerstone of the Oslo accords of 1993, started her own discussion by the expansion of the settlements in the territories that should shape the future Palestinian state.
Donald Trump from the settlement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the green light to the construction of almost 10,000 new homes. Spicers stated "Trump the administration has not taken an official position on settlement activity and looks forward to the continuation of discussions, starting with those with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when they meet President Trump this month." The summit is scheduled in Washington on February 15.
For the Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon it is "too early" to say whether the stance of the White House "location affect" the construction of new homes. But it is clear that the statements, along with the postponement of the US Embassy moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, marked a change of course, more prudent than the first utterances of Trump.
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