  {"id":209165,"date":"2016-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=209165"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:42:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:42:34","slug":"auto-insert-209165","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-209165\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Foreign Secretary expresses concern about Israel\u2019s decision to declare 385 acres of West Bank land as &#8220;state land&#8221; &#8211; UK FCO press release\/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:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Foreign Secretary comments on Israeli Government&#8217;s decision to declare 385 acres of land in the West Bank as &#39;state land&#39;<\/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;\">22 January 2016<\/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;\">Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond expresses concern about Israel&#8217;s recent decision and underlines the UK&#8217;s position on Israeli settlements.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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;\">Mr Hammond said:<\/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;\">I&#8217;m concerned that the Israeli Government intends to declare 385 acres of land in the West Bank as &#8216;state land&#8217;, which would be the largest declaration of this kind since August 2014.<\/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;\">The UK&#8217;s long-held position on Israeli settlements, and that of our international partners, is clear: they are illegal under international law, are an obstacle to peace and undermine the prospects for a two-state solution. The UK strongly opposes any moves which take us further away from an enduring peace settlement.<\/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;\"><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 Secretary on Twitter<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PHammondMP\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">@PHammondMP<\/a><\/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;\">@foreignoffice<\/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;\">Facebook<\/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;\">Google+<\/a><\/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>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;\">newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/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<p><\/p>\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\/foreign-secretary-comments-on-israeli-governments-decision-to-declare-385-acres-of-land-in-the-west-bank-as-state-land\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/foreign-secretary-comments-on-israeli-governments-decision-to-declare-385-acres-of-land-in-the-west-bank-as-state-land<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release Foreign Secretary comments on Israeli Government&#8217;s decision to declare 385 acres of land in the West Bank as &#39;state land&#39; 22 January 2016 Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond expresses concern about Israel&#8217;s recent decision and underlines the UK&#8217;s position on Israeli settlements. 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