Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Thursday that the approval of 22 new settlements in occupied West Bankillegal according to international law, seeks to make further unable to create a Palestinian state.
It is “A strategic measure that prevents the creation of a Palestinian State that would endanger Israel,” Katz said in a statement, in which he described the new colonies as “a clear statement about the future of the country.”
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“This historical decision to establish 22 new settlements in Judea and Samaria (biblical name that the Israeli government uses to refer to the West Bank) reinforces our control over the area, It consolidates our historical right to the land of Israel and constitutes a firm response to Palestinian terrorism that seeks to weaken and damage settlements ”, Katz added.
Among the 22 approved settlements, the restoration of HOMESH and SHA-NUR-two old settlements near the Palestinian city of Nablus and evacuated in 2005-, four new settlements along the border with Jordan and others scattered throughout the West Bank.
The international community considers any settlement in militarily occupied territory, as with the West Bank since 1967, but Israel legalizes these colonies as a state policy, and even the settler movement is installed in containers or precarious structures of its own will, often protected by security forces and with guarantee of electricity and water services.
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For his part, the Minister of Finance and Member of the Defense, Bezalel Smotrich, declared in the same statement that it is “a great day for settlements” and “an important day for the state of Israel.”
In a statement, the Israeli NGO Peace Now, which monitors the proliferation of colonies in Palestinian territory, denounced that it is the most numerous simultaneous approval from the 1993 OSLO agreements, which divided the Palestinian territory into three areas and stipulated a gradual withdrawal of the Israeli troops that did not occur.
“The Israeli government does not pretend otherwise: the annexation of occupied territories and the expansion of settlements are their main objective,” said Peace Now.
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“At a time when both Israeli public opinion and the entire world demand the immediate end of war, The government makes clear, once again and without reservations, which prefers to deepen the occupation and advance in the “de facto ‘annexation before seeking peace”, added.
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