  {"id":200153,"date":"2017-02-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=200153"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:55:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:55:12","slug":"auto-insert-200153","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-200153\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by the Press Secretary for US President Trump on Construction\/Expansion of Israeli Settlements &#8211; White House Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The White House<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Office of the Press Secretary<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"1px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">For Immediate Release <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">February 02, 2017 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Statement by the Press Secretary<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:12px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica;\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The American desire for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians has remained unchanged for 50 years. While we don&#8217;t believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, the <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving that goal. As the President has expressed many times, he hopes to achieve peace throughout the Middle East region. The Trump administration has not taken an official position on settlement activity and looks forward to continuing discussions, including with Prime Minister Netanyahu when he visits with President Trump later this month.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2017\/02\/02\/statement-press-secretary\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2017\/02\/02\/statement-press-secretary<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 02, 2017 Statement by the Press Secretary &#8220;The American desire for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians has remained unchanged for 50 years. 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