The Trump administration did not oppose a UK-led initiative to impose new sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Axios reported on

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Axios says US president was briefed before Britain’s move and raised no objection, as White House distances itself from Ambassador Huckabee’s retaliation warning