Jerusalem: Housing

(asked on 18th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding the renewal of a plan to construct a new settlement of up to 2,600 housing units in East Jerusalem.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 1st November 2021

The Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa urged the Government of Israel to reverse their decision to advance the construction of settlement units in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on 28 October. The former Foreign Secretary also raised ongoing evictions, demolitions and settlement activity, including in East Jerusalem, with the Israeli authorities during his visit to the region on 26 May. The UK regularly calls on Israel to end illegal settlement expansion in the West Bank and closely monitors reports of further settlement advancements. The UK's position on settlements is clear. They are illegal under international law, present an obstacle to peace and threaten the physical viability of a two-state solution. We continue to urge the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships to avoid actions which make peace more difficult to achieve.

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