RAMALLAH, May 7 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine yesterday condemned Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz’s approval, of building 4,000 housing units, at the Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
The move is “aimed at boosting settlement construction, at the expense of the occupied State of Palestine,” the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said, in a press statement.
Israeli settlements are “a violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions,” it said, denouncing the move as “a serious threat to the chances of achieving peace and resolving the conflict in accordance with the principle of the two-state solution.”
Yesterday, the Israeli governing body that operates in the West Bank said, Israel’s Civil Administration would advance 4,000 housing units at Jewish settlements in the West Bank, next week.
In response, Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, warned of the serious consequences that would result, from the Israeli regime’s approval of the new settlements.
Ishtaye also condemned the Israeli decision, to demolish 12 small villages in the Masafer Yatta region, south of the southern West Bank district of Hebron.
“These plans constitute a threat to security and peace in the region, which is in a state of tension, due to the policies of persecution, racism, and ethnic cleansing, applied by the occupation regime, against the Palestinian people,” he said.
