France has denounced the recent Israeli decision to approve the construction of 1936 housing units in the West Bank illegal settlements.
The French consulate in Occupied Jerusalem said in a statement that such Israeli decision was taken at a troubling time of accelerating settlement activity in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
“Settlements in all forms are illegal under international law and specifically UN Security Council Resolution 2334. They heighten tensions on the ground and undermine the conditions for a just and lasting settlement between Israelis and Palestinians based on the two-state solution” the statement said.
France called on the Israeli authorities to renounce these projects and all those that undermine the two-state solution.
