RAMALLAH, November 17, 2011 (WAFA) – The Palestinian cabinet Thursday condemned the Israeli government’s campaigns to expand the settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, according to a statement issued following the weekly cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad .
It considered these campaigns, of which the latest was tenders to build thousands of new housing units in the West back and in East Jerusalem, considering them a blatant violation of all international laws and norms.
It stressed the need for the international community to intervene and take actual steps in order to prevent the continued settlement activities and the ongoing looting of Palestinian land.
It also condemned the Israeli forces demolition of four houses belonging to Palestinians in Adyouk Al-Tahta, a village in Jericho and considered these measures part of the policies that violates the Palestinian people’s rights, particularly in areas C, including the Jordon Valley, aiming to empty these areas of their residents for the benefit of settlements.
The cabinet stressed the need to achieve an actual progress toward the completion of the national reconciliation to insure the Palestinian authority’s readiness for an independent state, describing it as an important pillar needed to promote international recognition of the Palestinian people’s natural rights to freedom, independence and membership in the international institutions.Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA
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