Original sentence: Because part of the development is north of the Green Line, in an area which was "no man's land" before 1967, Palestinian people and almost all governments worldwide consider it to be an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, and therefore consider it illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.The United States government has also traditionally refrained from calling Israeli neighborhoods in East Jerusalem "settlements"
Edited sentence: Because part of the development is north of the Green Line in the Palestinian territories, in an area which was "no man's land" before 1967, Palestinian people and almost all governments worldwide consider it to be an Israeli settlement that is illegal under international law,  in East Jerusalem, but the Israeli government disputes this.The United States government has traditionally refrained from calling Israeli neighborhoods in East Jerusalem "settlements"