Egypt condemns new Israeli decision to legalize five settlement outposts in West Bank

Ahram Online , Saturday 29 Jun 2024

Egypt condemned on Saturday the Israeli government's decision to approve the legalization of five more settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank and its plans to build thousands of new settlement units in clear violation of international law and the UN Security Council resolutions.

Egyptian Foreign Ministry
Egyptian Foreign Ministry

 

In an official statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly denounced Israel's exploitation of the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip to perpetuate more illegal settlement expansion and its attempt to change the legal status in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.

In addition, the foreign ministry stressed that Israel's continuation of these illegal measures aims to undermine the implementation of the two-state solution, which is based on respect for the legitimate, inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, and is the only path to comprehensive and lasting peace.

On Thursday, the Israeli Security Cabinet legalized five outposts in the occupied West Bank; Evyatar, Givat Assaf, Sde Efraim, Heletz, and Adorayim, imposing further sanctions on the Palestinian Authority, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.

The Israeli government's decision sparked international criticism, with the Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemning the approval as detrimental to the prospects for a viable Palestinian State.

The Egyptian foreign ministry statement called on the international community to intervene to stop the illegal Israeli procedures, practices and ongoing violations of the rights of the Palestinian people, and to intensify efforts to immediately end the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

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