BAN KI-MOON CALLS ON ISRAEL TO STOP THE "OCCUPATION"

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(AGI) Beirut - Ban Ki-Moon launched an appeal to Israel to put an end to its occupation of Arab and Palestinian territories.
"Israeli occupation of Arab and Palestinian territories ...
Settlements, new and old, are illegal. They work against the emergence of a viable Palestinian state," urged the U.N.
Secretary General in addressing a conference in Beirut.