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Minister for the Middle East statement on settlements in the West Bank

Minister for the Middle East, Tobias Ellwood, concerned by the announcement of new settlement units in the West Bank.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Tobias Ellwood
• Published: 5 July 2016

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Foreign Office Minister, Tobias Ellwood, said:

I am deeply concerned by the announcement of new settlement units in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

Settlements are illegal under international law. As noted in the report issued by the Middle East Quartet on 1 July, steps like this also make a two state solution more difficult to achieve.

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Published 5 July 2016