# Muted US response to UK's West Bank sanctions may reflect simmering frustration

https://mins.news/en/item/52733

- BBC News, 2026-09-09 21:21 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevw2lxnwk9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The UK sanctioned Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying it had a moral duty to protect the two-state solution and accusing Israel’s government of ignoring settlers’ “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians. Israel responded furiously, while Washington avoided an immediate rebuke. The restrained US response may reflect growing frustration within the Trump administration over Israel’s leadership and the tensions in its relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu.

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