{"id":196073,"date":"2016-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=196073"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:08:08","slug":"auto-insert-196073","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-196073\/","title":{"rendered":"UK FCO condemns Israeli announcement to construct a new settlement near Shilo in the West Bank &#8211; UK FCO statement\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Press release<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>Minister for the Middle East<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#0b0c0c;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;statement on plans to construct a new settlement in the West Bank<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Minister for the Middle East, Tobias Ellwood, condemns announcement to construct a new settlement near Shilo in the West Bank<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#00201f;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Foreign Office Minister, Tobias Ellwood, said:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00201f;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">We condemn the recent announcement of plans to construct a new settlement near Shilo. This is the latest example of a series of worrying new settlement announcements in recent months.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Settlements are illegal under international law. As underlined in the July <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/F1675AA83BC132BB85257FF7006BC523.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">report<\/a><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;of the Middle East Quartet, settlement activity undermines trust and makes a two state solution much harder to achieve.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00201f;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Follow Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood on Twitter<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tobias_Ellwood\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>@Tobias_Ellwood<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>@foreignoffice<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>Facebook<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Follow the Foreign Office on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ukforeignoffice\/\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>Instagram<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ukforeignoffice\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>YouTube<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/foreign-and-commonwealth-office?trk=biz-companies-cym\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>LinkedIn<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00201f;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Media enquiries<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Email <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#00201f;text-align:left;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">News Desk 020 7008 3100<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/minister-for-the-middle-east-statement-on-plans-to-construct-a-new-settlement-in-the-west-bank\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/minister-for-the-middle-east-statement-on-plans-to-construct-a-new-settlement-in-the-west-bank<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release Minister for the Middle East&nbsp;statement on plans to construct a new settlement in the West Bank Minister for the Middle East, Tobias Ellwood, condemns announcement to construct a new settlement near Shilo in the West Bank Foreign Office Minister, Tobias Ellwood, said: We condemn the recent announcement of plans to construct a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-196073\/\"> 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