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Minister for the Middle East statement on settlement units in East Jerusalem

Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood has commented on the Jerusalem municipality approving plans to build 566 new settlement homes in East Jerusalem.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood
• Published: 24 January 2017

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Foreign Office minister, Tobias Ellwood, said:

It is the long held view of the British Government that settlements built on occupied Palestinian territory are contrary to international law and an obstacle to a two-state solution and we condemn them. The UK reiterates its support for a negotiated peace settlement that leads to an Israel that is safe from terrorism and a Palestinian state that is viable and sovereign.

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Published 24 January 2017