France Calls on Zionist Regime to Comply With Int’l Law

Date: 13 January 2020 - 21:37

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WEST BANK (Dispatches) – France has strongly denounced the Zionist regime’s recent plans to build some 2,000 settler units in the occupied West Bank, stressing that all settlements are illegal under international law.
In a statement, the French consulate in occupied al-Quds called on the Zionist regime to comply with international law that deems such structures as illegal.
French officials also demanded that the occupying regime’s authorities renounce these projects and all those that undermine the so-called two-state solution.
"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.
A European Union spokesperson also criticized the occupying regime’s plans to expand settlement activities across the occupied Palestinian territories. The 28-member bloc has also reiterated its support for the resumption of "a meaningful process” towards the so-called two-state solution, which it described as "the only realistic and viable way” to fulfill the aspirations of both sides.
Earlier this week, the anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now said the Zionist regime’s authorities had approved the construction of 1,950 new settler homes in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Peace Now said that nearly 800 housing units received the final approvals needed for construction to begin, while initial approvals were given for an additional 1,150 homes.
This came at a time when the International Criminal Court (ICC) was discussing whether it had jurisdiction ahead of opening a formal investigation into the regime’s violation of international law in the settlements.
More than 600,000 Zionists live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds by the Zionist regime.
The UN Security Council has condemned settlement activities in the occupied territories in several resolutions.
Less than a month before U.S. President Donald Trump took office, the United Nations Security Council in December 2016 adopted Resolution 2334, calling on Israel to "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem (al-Quds).”
Palestinians want the West Bank as part of a future independent Palestinian state with East al-Quds as its so-called capital.
The last round of Zionist-Palestinian talks collapsed in 2014. Among the major sticking points in those negotiations was Israel’s continued settlement expansion of Palestinian territories.