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The European Union renewed its call on the Israeli occupation authorities to stop the expansionist settlement operations, demolitions and displacement that they are practicing against the Palestinian people.
In a statement today, reported by Wafa Agency, the union stressed that these practices are illegal, calling on the occupation to stop demolitions and evictions in accordance with the obligations established by international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
In turn, Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh called during his meeting today in the Belgian capital, Brussels, with the European Union Commissioner for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell to pressure the occupation to stop the plans of displacement and deportation against the Palestinian people and to preserve the existing and historical situation in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
For his part, Borrell stressed that there is no compelling reason for the occupation’s expansionist Judaization plans to expel about a thousand Palestinians from their homes and lands south of Hebron, considering the demolitions, evictions and settlement expansion “an illegal matter” that must be stopped.
As part of its plans to end the Palestinian presence, the occupation authorities announced plans to demolish 12 villages in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, and to establish 4,000 settlement units in the West Bank, further disrupting the Palestinian geographical contiguity for the purpose of implementing the annexation plans.
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