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Minister for Middle East's statement on planned Israeli settlement

Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt issued a statement on plans to retroactively 鈥榣egalise鈥� a settlement in the West Bank 鈥� Netiv Ha鈥檃vot.

From:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Alistair Burt
Published
27 February 2018
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Minister Burt said:

皇冠体育app UK strongly condemns the Israeli government鈥檚 decision to 鈥榣egalise鈥� the Netiv Ha鈥檃vot outpost in the West Bank. 皇冠体育app international community has repeatedly stated that settlements are illegal under international law and undermine the physical viability of the two-state solution.

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Published 27 February 2018