Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Friday denounced Israel’s decision to build about 2200 new settlement units in the West Bank.
Early on Friday Turkey’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement rejecting Israel’s “illegal decision” saying that it “carelessly continues to violate international law especially the relevant United Nations resolutions and the Fourth Geneva Convention.”
The Israeli Peace Now movement on Thursday said that the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had approved plans for the construction of 2193 housing units in West Bank settlements.
The move challenges the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 2334 which demands a complete halt of the Israeli settlement construction activity in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israel had built 427 settler outposts that cover 46% of the West Bank area. About 700000 Israelis live in these outposts and carry out almost daily attacks on the Palestinians.
Many observers believe that the Israeli government’s decision which came a day after Netanyahu announced early elections for April 2019 is mainly aimed at winning the votes of pro-settlement Israelis.
