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June 21st, 2017 | #1 |
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Israel flouting U.N. Security Council settlement demand: U.N. envoy
U.N. Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov made the assessment in his second quarterly report to the 15-member council on the implementation of a Dec. 23 resolution adopted with 14 votes in favor and a U.S. abstention. Then U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Israel had urged Washington to wield its veto.
"The policy of continued illegal settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territory contravenes resolution 2334," Mladenov said. "The large number of settlement-related activities documented during this period undermine the chances for the establishment of a viable, continuous Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution," he said. Israel for decades has pursued a policy of constructing Jewish settlements on territory captured by Israel in the 1967 war with its Arab neighbors. Most countries view Israeli settlement activity as illegal and an obstacle to peace. Israel disagrees. The Palestinians want an indep read full article at source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-is...-idUSKBN19B2UA |
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