{"id":198806,"date":"2017-02-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=198806"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:40:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:40:13","slug":"auto-insert-198806","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-198806\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Minister for the Middle East Condemns Passing of the Land Regularisation Bill by the Knesset"},"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:4px;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=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Minister for the Middle East Tobias statement on Israel&#39;s Land Regularisation Bill<\/strong><\/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;\">7 February 2017<\/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;\"><strong>Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood statement on Israeli&#39;s Land Regularisation Bill being passed through the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset. <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#0b0c0c;text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&quot;It is of great concern that the bill paves the way for significant growth in settlements deep in the West Bank, threatening the viability of the two-state solution.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#0b0c0c;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">As a longstanding friend of Israel, I condemn the passing of the Land Regularisation Bill by the Knesset, which damages Israel&#8217;s standing with its international partners.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#0b0c0c;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">We reiterate our support for a two-state solution leading to a secure Israel that is safe from terrorism, and a contiguous, viable and sovereign Palestinian state.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\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-tobias-ellwood-statement-on-israels-land-regularisation-bill\" 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-tobias-ellwood-statement-on-israels-land-regularisation-bill<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release Minister for the Middle East Tobias statement on Israel&#39;s Land Regularisation Bill 7 February 2017 Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood statement on Israeli&#39;s Land Regularisation Bill being passed through the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset. &quot;It is of great concern that the bill paves the way for significant growth in settlements deep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-198806\/\"> 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