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Fran\u00e7ois\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Arabic\/\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/a><\/p>\n The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres:<\/p>\n The Secretary-General is deeply troubled by yesterday\u2019s decision by the Israeli Government to amend settlement planning procedures.\u00a0 The changes can be expected to expedite the advancement of Israeli settlement plans in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.\u00a0 He is also deeply alarmed by the anticipated advancement next week of over 4,000\u00a0settlement housing units by Israeli planning authorities.<\/p>\n The Secretary-General reiterates that settlements are a flagrant violation of international law.\u00a0 They are a major obstacle to the realization of a viable two-State solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace.\u00a0 The expansion of these illegal settlements is a significant driver of tensions and violence and deepens humanitarian needs.\u00a0 It further entrenches Israel\u2019s occupation of Palestinian territory, encroaches on Palestinian land and natural resources, hampers the free movement of the Palestinian population and undermines the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and sovereignty.<\/p>\n The Secretary-General urges the Government of Israel to halt and reverse such decisions and to immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and to fully respect its legal obligations in that regard.\u00a0 He further calls for concrete steps to be taken to implement the commitments made in the joint communiqu\u00e9s in Aqaba, Jordan, and Sharm al-Sheik, Egypt, respectively.<\/p>\n SG\/SM\/21847 19 JUNE 2023 Fran\u00e7ois\u00a0 Arabic\/\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres: The Secretary-General is deeply troubled by yesterday\u2019s decision by the Israeli Government to amend settlement planning procedures.\u00a0 The changes can be expected to expedite the advancement of Israeli settlement plans in the occupied West Bank, […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[897,1593],"document-category":[1329,1338],"document-source":[5352],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2137],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542,6541],"class_list":["post-287841","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-israel","country-palestine-state-of","document-category-press-release","document-category-statement","document-source-secretary-general","document-subject-settlements","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english","document-language-french"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/287841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/287841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287922,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/287841\/revisions\/287922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=287841"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=287841"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=287841"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=287841"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=287841"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=287841"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=287841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"