The US informed the UN Safety Council, on Tuesday, that Israeli settlement within the occupied Palestinian territories “has reached a important juncture.”
The US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, delivered these remarks to the UN Safety Council on the month-to-month assembly on the Israeli-Palestinian battle.
“US disapproval of settlement growth goes again many years,” she mentioned. “That is nothing new for us, however the follow has reached a important juncture, and it’s now undermining even the very viability of a negotiated two-state answer,” she pressured.
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About her conferences with Palestinian officers and civilians, she mentioned she “heard tales about Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians, ransacking properties and destroying property within the West Financial institution, and this is a matter that I mentioned extensively with Israeli counterparts.”
She added: “I used to be informed what number of Palestinian households worry eviction from their properties as a result of it’s almost inconceivable to get constructing permits as settlements broaden.”
Final month, Israeli authorities superior plans for roughly 3,000 settlement items within the occupied West Financial institution. The Biden administration sharply criticised them.
