Palestine News & Info Agency - WAFA
JERUSALEM, February 22, 2012 (WAFA) – The United Nations said Wednesday that it deplores an Israeli decision to build 500 new housing units in Shilo settlement, north of Ramallah.
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry said in a statement that Israel’s decision “to approve a large number of new units deep inside the occupied Palestinian territory in the settlement of Shilo and retroactively legitimize hundreds in a nearby outpost is deplorable and moves us further away from the goal of a two-state solution.”
He said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said during his recent visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territory that “settlement activity is illegal, contrary to Israel’s obligations under the Road Map and will not be recognized by the international community.”
No comments:
Post a Comment