France called on the Israeli occupation authorities to reconsider the recently granted approval of construction plans for more than 1500 illegal settlement units in East Jerusalem.
According to a statement by France’s foreign ministry the French government is also very concerned by information reporting additional plans that could be approved in the coming days adding that these decisions represent a serious threat to the two-state solution.
On July 5 President of France Emmanuel Macron said that settlements—which are illegal under international law— have since the beginning of the year reached “an unprecedented level and these decisions send a very negative signal that can only undermine the necessary trust.”
