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Tunisia‘Regularisation Bill’ in Israel: EU strongly opposed
December 8, 2016
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The European Union reiterated today its strong opposition to Israel’s settlement policy and all actions taken in this context, as the Israeli Knesset is in the process of adopting the so-called ‘Regularisation Bill’ “which could lead to legalisation of numerous illegal settlements and outposts, built on private Palestinian land in violation of Israeli and international law, by confiscating property rights of Palestinians for settler use.”
“If it passes, this would be the first law adopted by the Knesset on the status of land in the West Bank, an occupied territory not under its jurisdiction. Senior members of the Israeli government have called this a step towards annexation of the West Bank,” said the EU statement.
The EU recalled that “settlements are illegal under international law, constitute an obstacle to peace and threaten to make the two-state solution impossible.”
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