Saturday, June 8, 2019

In the West Bank, 1 Palestinian was arrested at the Qalandia checkpoint; she was reportedly carrying a knife. Near Sabastiyya, Palestinian farmers were denied access to their farmland by Israeli forces. (WAFA, WAFA 6/8)

In an interview with the New York Times, U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman said, “[u]nder certain circumstances, I think Israel has the right to retain some, but unlikely all, of the West Bank.” A U.S. state department official later said that, “[t]he administration position on settlements has not changed . . . no plan for unilateral annexation by Israel of any portion of the West Bank has been presented by Israel to the U.S. nor is it under discussion.” (HA, HA, NYT, WAFA 6/8; AJ, WAFA 6/9)