{"id":16398,"date":"2024-03-04T00:47:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T00:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/pompeo-blasts-biden-admin-for-making-same-mistake-as-obama-on-settlements-in-jewish-biblical-region\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T00:47:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T00:47:13","slug":"pompeo-blasts-biden-admin-for-making-same-mistake-as-obama-on-settlements-in-jewish-biblical-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/pompeo-blasts-biden-admin-for-making-same-mistake-as-obama-on-settlements-in-jewish-biblical-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo blasts Biden admin for making \u2018same mistake\u2019 as Obama on settlements in Jewish biblical region"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JERUSALEM \u2013 The recent Biden administration decision to revoke the Trump-era \u2018Pompeo Doctrine,\u2019 which declared Jewish residences as legal in the core biblical region of the Holy Land, has been met with fierce criticism. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s controversial move unfolded in late February as Israel continues its offensive in the Gaza Strip to root out Hamas terrorists after it launched a war against the Jewish state on Oct. 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News Digital, \u2018In reversing the Pompeo Doctrine, President Biden has now decided to ignore the truth that Judea and Samaria are Israel\u2019s land, obtusely viewing it as an obstacle to peace and making the same mistake favored by his predecessor in the Obama administration.\u2019<\/p>\n

Pompeo added \u2018Undermining Israel\u2019s right to exist in the Jewish people\u2019s homeland deepens and prolongs the conflict. It is not Israeli settlements that are an obstacle to peace \u2013 it is the unwillingness of the Palestinians to come to the table honestly and acknowledge Israel\u2019s right to exist, the gross atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, and Hamas\u2019 continued existence.\u202fThose are the true obstacles to peace.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

The international community mostly refers to Israel\u2019s ancient biblical land as the West Bank, while many Israelis refer to the region by its biblical names of Judea and Samaria. Pompeo established during his tenure that Israeli Jews who live in Judea and Samaria, where most of the Bible\u2019s history unfolded, are not in violation of international law.\u00a0<\/p>\n

U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller defended Biden\u2019s decision to overturn the Pompeo Doctrine, noting, \u2018It has been the long-standing U.S. position across both Democratic and Republican administrations \u2013 not just the Biden administration, not just the Obama administration, but Republican administrations as well \u2013 that settlements are a barrier to peace, they\u2019re an obstacle to peace. We believe they weaken, not strengthen, Israel\u2019s security.\u2019<\/p>\n

When asked about the Biden administration gutting the Pompeo Doctrine, a spokesman for Israel\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Fox News Digital. \u2018We will not comment on\u202fthis.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

David Friedman, the former U.S. ambassador to Israel during the Trump administration, wrote on X following the change of policy, that Secretary of State Antony \u2018Blinken is 100% wrong. I researched this for over a year with many State Department lawyers. There is nothing illegal about Jews living in their biblical homeland. Indeed, Undersecretary of State Eugene Rostow, also the Dean of the Yale Law School (who negotiated UNSCR 242), stated that Israel has the best legal claim to Judea and Samaria. For Blinken to announce this in the middle of a war and when the Jewish Sabbath already has begun in Israel is unconscionable.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

A number of Republicans took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to express outrage over Biden\u2019s reversal of the Pompeo Doctrine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn.,wrote, \u2018Ambassador @DavidM_Friedman is correct. The Biden Admin\u2019s disgraceful reversal undermines a close friend while rewarding the genocidal terrorists they are fighting. It is not a legal assessment. It is a political calculation meant to appease the pro-Hamas radical left. Shameful.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 was passed after Israel\u2019s 1967 self-defensive war against Arab nations. UNSCR 242 does not mandate that Israel withdraw from Judea and Samaria, which it captured during the Six-Day War in 1967.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Israeli governments have long viewed Judea and Samaria as disputed territory and the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the introduction of the Pompeo Doctrine in 2019. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Miller said the question of whether settlements in Judea and Samaria are legal \u2018is something that had been under review here at the department for some time. \u2018\u00a0<\/p>\n

He continued, \u2018The secretary over the last several months has embarked on a process to try to ensure lasting peace in the region, to establish an independent Palestinian state, and we thought, as we were engaged in that important process, it was important to avoid any ambiguity about the U.S. position on this matter.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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