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Report: The UN Security Council will discuss the call to stop construction in the settlements - voila! News

2023-02-16T00:41:13.181Z


The document was drawn up by the United Arab Emirates in coordination with the Palestinians, after the government's decision to legalize illegal outposts in the West Bank, according to Reuters. The document states that the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories, including in the East of Israel, "have no legal validity and are a flagrant violation of international law."


Ben Gabir at the beginning of the government meeting on the evacuation of outposts: "A law is a law" (Maariv (Photo: Anna Barsky))

The UN Security Council will vote on Monday on a document that will require Israel to "immediately stop activity in the settlements", Reuters reported tonight (Thursday). This, following the training of the nine illegal outposts in the West Bank. In the document, drafted by the United Arab Emirates and the Palestinians



, They wrote that "the establishment of settlements by Israel in the Palestinian territory occupied in 1967, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and is a flagrant violation of the laws of international law."

Establishment of the "Or Haim" outpost last month (photo: official website, no)

The UN decision follows the government's decision on the "training" of nine illegal outposts in the West Bank and turning them into new settlements. After the decision, the Palestinian Authority held talks with members of the UN Security Council to promote a discussion against Israel and especially against the Cabinet's decision on construction in the settlements.



In response to the decision, an American senior official said that the Biden administration "is strongly opposed to the expansion of the settlements and is concerned about the reports of the intention to qualify illegal outposts according to Israeli law".

The next day, the foreign ministers of the United States, France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy issued a statement in identical terms.

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