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NZ deeply concerned at West Bank land appropriation
NZ deeply concerned at West Bank land appropriation
Foreign Minister Murray McCully says New
Zealand is deeply concerned at the announcement by
Israel’s Civil Administration Authority that they will
appropriate 400 hectares of privately owned Palestinian land
near Bethlehem for Israeli settlements.
“Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem undermine efforts to negotiate a final status agreement with the Palestinians based on a two state solution,” Mr McCully says.
“In a meeting with Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister at the UN SIDS Conference in Apia this morning, I encouraged Israel to reconsider the announcement.
“Its timing is particularly disappointing, coming when
the focus should be on supporting the ceasefire in Gaza, and
the peace talks in Cairo, not deepening Israel’s
occupation in the West Bank.
“New Zealand would like to
see a return to negotiations to agree on a two state
solution, whereby Israel and a Palestinian state can exist
peacefully side by side.
“Announcements like this are deeply unhelpful to efforts to restart peace negotiations,” Mr McCully says.
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