  {"id":207936,"date":"2016-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=207936"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:28:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:28:32","slug":"auto-insert-207936","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-207936\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Foreign &#038; Commonwealth Office condemns Israel&#8217;s decision to take over 585 acres of West Bank land as &#8220;state land&#8221; &#8211; UK FCO statement\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Press release<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00201f;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Statement on Government of Israel&#8217;s decision to expand settlements in the West Bank<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00201f;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>FCO condemns decision to take over 585 acres of land<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00201f;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">A Foreign Office spokeswoman said today:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#00201f;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8220;We condemn the Israeli Government&#8217;s decision to take over 585 acres of land in the West Bank as &#8216;state land&#8217;. Such steps clearly damage the diminishing prospects for a two state solution. The UK and our international partners have consistently called for an end to settlement expansion, which is illegal under international law and an obstacle to peace. If the Israeli Government is truly committed to a two-state solution then it will reverse its decision.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00201f;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>@foreignoffice<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Follow the Foreign Office on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>Facebook<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/105922144104190309938\/%20foreignoffice\/posts\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>Google+<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00201f;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Media enquiries<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Email <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00201f;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">News Desk 020 7008 3100<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/statement-on-government-of-israels-decision-to-expand-settlements-in-the-west-bank\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/statement-on-government-of-israels-decision-to-expand-settlements-in-the-west-bank<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release Statement on Government of Israel&#8217;s decision to expand settlements in the West Bank FCO condemns decision to take over 585 acres of land A Foreign Office spokeswoman said today: &#8220;We condemn the Israeli Government&#8217;s decision to take over 585 acres of land in the West Bank as &#8216;state land&#8217;. 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