  {"id":202152,"date":"2016-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=202152"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:18:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:18:46","slug":"auto-insert-202152","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-202152\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah Deplore Demolitions of Palestinian Structures Undertaken by Israel in the Cccupied West Bank &#8211; EU Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%2797%27%20height%3D%2763%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%2097%2063%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2797%27%20height%3D%2763%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/f1b89b8a25ccad328525808a00508de9_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"63px\" width=\"97px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#104160;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Local Statement on Israeli demolitions and confiscations of Palestinian structures in Area C<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Jerusalem, 13\/12\/2016 &#8211; 16:32 &#8211; UNIQUE ID: 161213_11<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Jerusalem, 13 December 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The European Union Representative and the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah issue the following statement.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah deplore the demolitions of Palestinian structures undertaken by Israel in the occupied West Bank.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">On December 6, Israel demolished three residential structures in Fasayil al Wusta that had been provided as humanitarian aid by the EU and EU Member States, and confiscated solar panels and electrical equipment from the community of Susiya. The day after, two livelihood structures were demolished in Al Khalayleh and An Nabi Samwil. These incidents affected 257 Palestinians.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">These incidents bring the number of structures demolished by Israel in Area C during 2016 to 866. 5,704 Palestinians have been affected, of whom 1,221 have been rendered homeless (including 586 children), and humanitarian structures provided by the EU and EU Member States worth approximately EUR 536,000 have been either destroyed or confiscated.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">EU humanitarian activities are carried out in full accordance with International Humanitarian Law, with the sole aim of providing humanitarian support to the most vulnerable population. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">In line with its long standing position on this issue, the EU calls upon the Israeli authorities to halt demolitions of Palestinian houses and property, in accordance with its obligations as an occupying power under international humanitarian law, and to cease the policy of settlement construction and expansion, of designating land for exclusive Israeli use and of denying Palestinian development.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Contact<\/strong>: EU Press Office on +972-2-541 5888<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/delegations\/palestine-occupied-palestinian-territory-west-bank-and-gaza-strip\/17114\/local-statement-israeli-demolitions-and-confiscations-palestinian-structures-area-c_en\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">https:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/delegations\/palestine-occupied-palestinian-territory-west-bank-and-gaza-strip\/17114\/local-statement-israeli-demolitions-and-confiscations-palestinian-structures-area-c_en<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Statement on Israeli demolitions and confiscations of Palestinian structures in Area C Jerusalem, 13\/12\/2016 &#8211; 16:32 &#8211; UNIQUE ID: 161213_11 Jerusalem, 13 December 2016 The European Union Representative and the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah issue the following statement. 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