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Israeli Settler Leaders Will Attend Trump’s Inauguration
Solidarity between often-shunned movement, new administration Delegation invited to Jan. 20 event by Republican officials
Dan Williams January 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM CST
Israeli settler leaders will attend US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, a spokesperson for one of them said.
The move is a mark of solidarity between the incoming administration and an ideological movement shunned by most Western governments over its claims on territory where Palestinians seek statehood.
The delegation was invited to the Jan. 20 event by senior Republican Party officials, said Esther Silam Alush, spokesperson for the Samaria Council.
The settlers will also attend the launch of a newly-created “Friends of Judea and Samaria Caucus” in the US Congress. Judea and Samaria are biblical terms for the West Bank — land which the settler movement views as a Jewish birthright as well as a security bulwark for Israel.
US policy has long been to oppose West Bank settlements as an obstacle to peace, but Trump took a softer tack during his first term in the White House.
He’s signaled further accommodation now by nominating Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor and prominent religious conservative with pro-settler ties, as US ambassador to Israel.