The US isn't merely complicit, it's been driving the genocide / ethnic cleansing
US House Speaker Johnson says West Bank ‘rightful property’ of Jewish people: Republican official
Earlier, we reported that US House Speaker Mike Johnson has travelled to the illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank, a visit organised by a pro-Israeli advocacy group.
Johnson hailed the land’s religious significance during a luncheon with local leaders and said he believes Jewish people have a “right” to it due to his religious beliefs, according to Israel’s Arutz Sheva media.
Johnson has close ties to the evangelical community in the US, segments of which believe Jewish people must be in control of Jerusalem for the second coming of Jesus.
“Every corner of this land is important to us,” Johnson said, in comments carried by Arutz Sheva.
“Being here, in the place where our faith began – this has great significance. The Bible teaches that Judea and Samaria were promised to the Jewish people, and they belong to you by right,” he added, using the Israeli term for the occupied West Bank.
The chairman of Republicans Oversees Israel, Marc Zell, also said he attended the event, posting on X that Johnson said “the mountains of Judea and Samaria are the rightful property of the Jewish People”.
Speaker Mike Johnson, now addressing the conference in Ariel, is the highest ranking U.S. federal official to visit Judea and Samaria. Amazing! pic.twitter.com/qNeu1yFwCI
— Marc Zell (@GOPIsrael) August 4, 2025
PA slams US House Speaker Johnson’s visit to illegal West Bank settlement
As we reported earlier, US House Speaker Mike Johnson has travelled to the illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank, where he said the Palestinian territory is the “rightful property” of the Jewish people.
In a statement on X, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned his visit and “inflammatory statements on the annexation of the West Bank”.
“The ministry considers this a blatant violation of international law, international legitimacy resolutions, and the Arab and American efforts to stop the war, halt the cycle of violence, and achieve calm,” it said.
The statement added: “The ministry also views it as an encouragement of settlement crimes, settlers’ actions, and the confiscation of Palestinian lands, in clear contradiction with the declared US position regarding settlements and settlers’ attacks.”
