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LONDON: Britain on Monday expressed serious concern over Israeli plans to expand illgegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank, saying the construction of 780 new homes could threaten future peace.
UN to Israel: Stop new settlement construction in West Bank
Head of global body calls decision to build almost 800 homes major obstacle to achievement of the two-state solution and flagrant violation of international law ; joins EU, UK, Israeli opposition members and Peace Now in slamming move
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Published: 01.19.21 , 11:19
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged Israel to halt and reverse its decision last week to build hundreds of new settler homes in the West Bank.
Israel on Sunday approved the construction of 780 homes in the West Bank, ordered last Monday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The decision is a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-State solution, and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, Guterres said in a statement.
Israel approves hundreds of new settlement homes in occupied West Bank
18 Jan, 2021 12:00 AM
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The Separation Wall in the occupied West Bank. Photo / 123RF
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By: Josef Federman
Israeli authorities on Sunday (Monday NZT) advanced plans to build nearly 800 homes in West Bank settlements, in a last-minute surge of approvals before the friendly Trump Administration leaves office later this week.
COGAT, the Israeli defence body that authorises settlement construction, confirmed the approvals, which drew swift condemnations from the Palestinians. The United Nations considers Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to be illegal under international law.
The anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now said that over 90 per cent of the homes lay deep inside the West Bank, which the Palestinians seek as the heartland of a future independent state, and more than 200 homes were in unauthorised outposts the Government had decided to legalise.