Israeli settlement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, “We will defend ourselves against slander and boycotts.”
The new president signals a warmer U.S.-Israel relationship and more tolerance for settlements.
Some organizers are using the hashtag #JewishResistance.
Most countries consider Israeli settlements, built on land captured in the 1967 Middle East war, to be illegal. Israel disagrees.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
“I feel it emboldens extremists on both sides.”
Five former U.S. ambassadors to Israel from both Republican and Democratic administrations urged the Senate in a letter not to confirm Friedman.
The president also said he is "not someone who believes that advancing settlements is good for peace."
“A Jew doesn’t evict a Jew!”
Some of the homes will be built in Beit El, a settlement that has reportedly received funding from the family of Trump’s son-in-law.
The decision came on the same day as the first phone conversation between Trump and Netanyahu since the inauguration.