{"id":210155,"date":"2016-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=210155"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:53:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:53:37","slug":"auto-insert-210155","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-210155\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister for the Middle East Ellwood Concerned by Further Expansion of West Bank Settlements – UK FCO Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Press release<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Minister for the Middle East statement on settlements in the West Bank<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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8 December 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

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Minister for the MIddle East Tobias Ellwood extremely concerned by plans for further expansion of settlements in the West Bank<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Foreign Office minister, Tobias Ellwood, said:<\/p><\/div>\n

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I’m extremely concerned that the Knesset has passed the first reading of a bill which would expropriate privately owned Palestinian land and pave the way for a significant further expansion of settlements in the West Bank. This would be illegal under international law, and once again calls into question the Israeli government’s commitment to a two state solution.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I am also concerned that settlement planning around Jerusalem has continued and increased in pace, with 770 units in Gilo receiving final approval on 7 December.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Further information<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Follow Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood on Twitter <\/span>@Tobias_Ellwood<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <\/span>@foreignoffice<\/u><\/a> and <\/span>Facebook<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Follow the Foreign Office on <\/span>Instagram<\/u><\/a>, <\/span>YouTube<\/u><\/a> and <\/span>LinkedIn<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Media enquiries<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Email <\/span>newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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News Desk 020 7008 3100<\/p><\/div>\n

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https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/minister-for-the-middle-east-statement-on-settlements-in-the-west-bank–2.ar<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press release Minister for the Middle East statement on settlements in the West Bank 8 December 2016 Minister for the MIddle East Tobias Ellwood extremely concerned by plans for further expansion of settlements in the West Bank Foreign Office minister, Tobias Ellwood, said: I’m extremely concerned that the Knesset has passed the first reading of […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[2321],"document-category":[2437,1329,1338],"document-source":[],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2137],"entity":[1985],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-210155","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-united-kingdom","document-category-arabic-text","document-category-press-release","document-category-statement","document-subject-settlements","entity-state","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/210155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/210155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=210155"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=210155"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=210155"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=210155"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=210155"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=210155"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=210155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}