{"id":203828,"date":"2015-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=203828"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:39:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:39:23","slug":"auto-insert-203828","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203828\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Minister for Middle East condemns Israeli settlement announcement &#8211; UK FCO press release\/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=\"padding-top:12px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#0021bf;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood condemns<br \/>\nIsraeli settlement announcement and urges reversal of decision.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:4px;text-align:right;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/foreign-office-minister-condemns-israeli-settlement-announcement--3.ar\" style=\"padding-top:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#0000ff;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:right;\"><strong>&#1608;&#1586;&#1610;&#1585; &#1588;&#1572;&#1608;&#1606; &#1575;&#1604;&#1588;&#1585;&#1602; &#1575;&#1604;&#1571;&#1608;&#1587;&#1591; &#1610;&#1583;&#1610;&#1606; &#1573;&#1593;&#1604;&#1575;&#1606; &#1573;&#1587;&#1585;&#1575;&#1574;&#1610;&#1604; &#1576;&#1588;&#1571;&#1606; &#1608;&#1581;&#1583;&#1575;&#1578; &#1575;&#1587;&#1578;&#1610;&#1591;&#1575;&#1606;&#1610;&#1577; &#1601;&#1610; &#1575;&#1604;&#1590;&#1601;&#1577; &#1575;&#1604;&#1594;&#1585;&#1576;&#1610;&#1577;<\/strong><\/a><\/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;\">Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood said:<\/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;\">The UK condemns the Government of Israel&#8217;s decision of 30 January to publish new tenders for 450 settlement units in the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The UK&#8217;s position on Israeli settlements is clear: they are illegal under international law. We urge the Government of Israel to reverse this decision. It is important to focus on steps that are conducive to peace.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;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:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Follow Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood on twitter<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TobiasEllwoodMP\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>&nbsp;@TobiasEllwoodMP<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Follow the Foreign Office on twitter<\/span><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/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><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Follow the Foreign Office on<\/span><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/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><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/105922144104190309938\/%20foreignoffice\/posts\" style=\"color:#603181;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>Google+<\/u><\/a><\/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>Media enquiries<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Email<\/span><span style=\"color:#00201f;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/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:#000000;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\/foreign-office-minister-condemns-israeli-settlement-announcement--3\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/foreign-office-minister-condemns-israeli-settlement-announcement&#8211;3<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood condemns Israeli settlement announcement and urges reversal of decision. &#1608;&#1586;&#1610;&#1585; 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