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TunisiaSettlements in Ramat Shlomo: EU reiterates Quartet position and considers settlement policy a threat to peace
November 28, 2016
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A statement from the European Union said the Jerusalem Municipality’s announcement that it will advance plans for 500 new housing units in Ramat Shlomo, East Jerusalem “would affect land privately owned by Palestinians, and extend the settlement northeast, further encroaching on Palestinian inhabited areas, while linking to expansion of a neighbouring Israeli settlement to the west.”
The statement underlined that “the policy of settlement construction and expansion, illegal under international law, continues to undermine the contiguity of a future Palestinian state and therefore raises questions about Israel’s stated commitment to the two-state solution.”
The statement reiterated that “as stated in the Quartet report of July 2016, the settlement policy, designation of land for exclusive Israeli use and the denial of Palestinian development are steadily eroding the viability of the two-state solution and represent a threat to achieving a negotiated peace.”
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