{"id":201747,"date":"2014-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=201747"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:14:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:14:03","slug":"auto-insert-201747","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-201747\/","title":{"rendered":"EU condemns new appropriation of West Bank land by Israel &#8211; EU Spokesperson 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=\"text-align:center;padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27313%27%20height%3D%27174%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20313%20174%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27313%27%20height%3D%27174%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/70d069bf7c83411185257d47005c75d4_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"174px\" width=\"313px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Brussels, 02 September 2014<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:right;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">140902\/01<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:5px;text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>S T A T E M E N T<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>by the Spokesperson on the announcement of land appropriation by Israel <\/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;\"><i>&quot;We condemn the new appropriation of land in the West Bank, relating to plans for further settlement expansion, announced by the Israeli government on Sunday. <\/i><\/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;\"><i>Settlements are illegal under international law, constitute an obstacle to peace and threaten to render the two-State solution impossible. The EU reiterates that it will not recognise any changes to the pre-1967 borders, including with regard to Jerusalem, other than those agreed by the parties. <\/i><\/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;\"><i>At this delicate moment, any action that might undermine stability and the prospect of constructive negotiations following the ceasefire in Gaza should be avoided.<\/i><\/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;\"><i>We call on the Israeli authorities to reverse this decision and to engage in good faith towards a lasting peace based on a two-state solution.&quot;<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;text-align:center;padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27532%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20532%20150%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27532%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/70d069bf7c83411185257d47005c75d4_image1.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"150px\" width=\"532px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/statements\/docs\/2014\/140902_01_en.pdf\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">http:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/statements\/docs\/2014\/140902_01_en.pdf<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels, 02 September 2014 140902\/01 S T A T E M E N T by the Spokesperson on the announcement of land appropriation by Israel &quot;We condemn the new appropriation of land in the West Bank, relating to plans for further settlement expansion, announced by the Israeli government on Sunday. 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