{"id":1957288,"date":"2023-06-26T14:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-reverses-trump-policy-on-funding-research-in-west-bank-settlements\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T14:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:39:36","slug":"washington-reverses-trump-policy-on-funding-research-in-west-bank-settlements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-reverses-trump-policy-on-funding-research-in-west-bank-settlements\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington changes policy, stops funding research in West Bank settlements."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-reverses-trump-policy-on-funding-research-in-west-bank-settlements%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1957288&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0626\/76f57436-8734-4d05-8285-8de6c545e87f\/audio.mp3?length=2546541&#038;duration=212\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>The Biden Administration Reverses Funding Policy in Israeli West Bank<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration has made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-morrissey-the-rich-just-keep-getting-richer-thanks-to-government-disaster-aid\/\" title=\"Ed Morrissey: It seems that the rich just keep getting wealthier... Government Disaster Aid\">significant policy shift<\/a> by reversing the U.S. funding of research in Israeli neighborhoods in the West Bank. This decision has sparked controversy and drawn criticism from Israel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">foreign minister<\/a>, Eli Cohen.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI object to the decision and think it is wrong,\u201d he said during a press conference. \u201cIn similar cases in the past, the Israeli government fully reimbursed parties damaged by such decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Trump administration had previously lifted the U.S. ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-to-newsmax-determine-covid-source-before-another-outbreak\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley to Newsmax: Determine COVID Source Before Another Outbreak\">funding research<\/a> in Israeli areas of the West Bank, also known as Judea and Samaria.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Trump vision \u2026 opens Judea and Samaria to academic, commercial and scientific engagement with the United States,\u201d Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A State Department spokesperson informed Axios that engaging in bilateral scientific and technological cooperation with Israel in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights is now considered inconsistent with U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights in 1967.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">policy change<\/a>, the United States still emphasizes the importance of scientific and technological cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>However, Senator Ted Cruz strongly criticized the reversal, accusing the Biden administration of a double standard.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden and Biden administration officials are pathologically obsessed with undermining Israel. Since day one of their administration, they have launched campaigns against our Israeli allies that are granular, whole of government, and done in secret,\u201d he said in a June 25 statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new boycott of Israeli Jews is yet another example. The State Department is telling the entire U.S. government not to cooperate with Jews in Judea and Samaria,\u201d continued Cruz. \u201cAnd of course, it was sent to Congress in secret and only revealed because reporters found out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration defends funding scientific research in Wuhan with the Chinese Communist Party, but they\u2019re discriminating against and banning cooperation with Jews based on where they live.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>David Friedman, former President Donald Trump\u2019s ambassador to Israel, condemned the Biden administration&#8217;s move, likening it to participating in the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden administration reverses US policy, stops funding research in Israeli West Bank neighborhoods. 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