Israeli Settler Leaders Will Attend Trump’s Inauguration

  • Solidarity between often-shunned movement, new administration
  • Delegation invited to Jan. 20 event by Republican officials

Israeli settlers escorted by Israeli forces in Hebron city, West Bank, on Jan. 4.

Photographer: Mamoun Wazwaz/Anadolu/Getty Images

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Israeli settler leaders will attend US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, a spokesperson for one of them said.

The move is a mark of solidarity between the incoming administration and an ideological movement shunned by most Western governments over its claims on territory where Palestinians seek statehood.