It Looks Like 'The World' May Have To Bring A Refractory Israel To Heel!
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:52:00 GMT
Laborers work on a construction site of a housing
development in the neighborhood of Gilo in Jerusalem Al-Quds.
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More international community members condemn Israel over
plans to authorize construction of 900 new housing units at
Gilo, a settlement built illegally on Palestinian land
occupied in the 1967 war.
China criticized the Israeli government's move to expand a
Jewish neighborhood in the part of Jerusalem, Al-Quds,
claimed by Palestinians, saying it poses new obstacles to
the Middle East peace process.
"We urge the Israeli side to take concrete measures to
restore Palestine-Israel mutual trust and create favorable
conditions for the early resumption of talks between them,"
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Thursday.
The remarks by China's Foreign Ministry were also echoed by
the Swiss government which called on Israel to stop
construction of Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian
territories.
"Switzerland is deeply concerned about the destruction of
Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem near the old town and
the planned eviction of Palestinian families," the Swiss
Foreign Ministry said Thursday in a statement.
It added East Jerusalem, Al-Quds, is an integral part of the
Palestinian territories and under international humanitarian
law Israel must protect the local civilian population.
"There is no military necessity that could justify the
destruction of these houses or the evictions of Palestinian
families," the statement expounded.
The Brazilian government also added to a chorus of
international demands that Israel stop settlement activity
in the disputed part of Jerusalem, Al-Quds.
In a statement, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
said that Tel Aviv's decision to expand Israeli settlements
in the Palestinian territory violates the UN Security
Council's resolutions on the issue and contradicts the
Israeli obligations within the context of the "roadmap"
towards the peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
"It represents a blow to international efforts aimed at
reviving the peace process in the region and is another
obstacle to achieving the goal of establishing a future
Palestinian state that is geographically cohesive and
economically viable," the statement said.
The Brazilian government, meanwhile, called on the Israeli
government to reverse the decision so as to "enlarge the
political conditions necessary for the Israelis and
Palestinians to resume negotiations."
Israel gave approval on Tuesday for the construction of
hundreds of new housing units in illegally annexed East
Jerusalem, Al-Quds, drawing more international criticism.
The United States and France have summoned the Israeli
ambassadors to both Washington and Paris, in the past few
days to express strong resentment over the issue of the
Jewish settlement and reiterate that the decision was not
compatible with efforts to find a lasting global solution to
the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Under the 2002 Roadmap for Peace plan brokered by the United
States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia,
Israel has to 'dismantle settlement outposts erected since
2001 and also freeze all settlement activities'.
There are currently 121 Israeli settlements and
approximately 102 Israeli outposts built illegally on
Palestinian land occupied by Israel in 1967. All of these
settlements and outposts are illegal under international law
and have been condemned by numerous United Nations Security
Council resolutions.
These settlements and outposts are inhabited by a population
of some 462,000 Israeli settlers. Some 191,000 Israelis are
living in settlements around Jerusalem, Al-Quds, and a
further 271,400 are further spread throughout the West Bank.
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