Palestinians wave a flag during a protest against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah. APA image.
Ankara, 16 Ramadan 1438/11 June 2017 (MINA) – Turkey on Saturday condemned the approval of 2,500 additional Israeli settlements in Palestine’s West Bank.
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Such Israeli construction violates the basic rights of the Palestinian people on their territory, Anadolu Agncy reported, citing the Foreign Ministry in a statement.
The “illegal” settlements are unacceptable, and Israel’s action is damaging the grounds for a two-state solution, it added.
International law views the West Bank and East Jerusalem as occupied territories and considers all Jewish settlement-building activity on the land illegal.
Roughly 500,000 Israelis now live in more than 100 Jewish-only settlements built since Israel occupied the Palestinian West Bank and east Jerusalem in 1967.
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The Palestinians want these areas — along with the Gaza Strip — for the establishment of a future Palestinian state.(T/RS5/RS1)
Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)
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