Press release: Minister for the Middle East statement on settlement plans across the West Bank
Posted by mostafa on 11 January, 2018
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Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt said:
The UK strongly condemns the advancement by the Israeli authorities of plans and tenders for settlement units across the West Bank. We call on Israel to reconsider these proposals. Settlements are illegal under international law and undermine the physical viability of the two-state solution.
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