PLO: New Settlers Homes In Jerusalem Is A Blow To Peace Efforts
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17-6-2010
Ramallah – Israel’s plans to construct new settling homes in East Jerusalem, is a severe hit against the International and American efforts to resume real Peace negotiations, the Palestine Liberation Organization stated on Thursday.
ImageOn Wednesday the District Planning Committee of the Jerusalem municipality in Israel approved 1600 new settlers’ homes in East Jerusalem. The new homes will be built in the Ramat Shlomo settlement in the east side of Jerusalem. This move comes while the U.S Envoy to the Region George Mitchell is visiting Israel and Palestine as part of his efforts to resume peace talks.
The PLO considered such a decision as a proof to the international community on the Israeli rightist government’s real intentions towards the peace process, it’s continuous strive to fail the indirect Palestinian-Israeli negotiations led by the United States.
“The Israeli latest provocations of demolishing and expropriating more Palestinian Jerusalemite homes, threatens to expel more than 300 Palestinian Jerusalemite Political figures in Occupied East Jerusalem, 5 of whom were actually handed warnings to be expelled, are a part of the Israeli plans’ series to reach a full Judaization of Occupied East Jerusalem, and expel the legal Palestinian inhabitants in order to be replaced by Israeli extremist settlers.” The PLO’s press release stated.
Peace talks have been stalled for 17 months following the Israeli elections of a hardliner government headed by the Likud party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In May Mitchell announced the start of indirect proximity talks between the Palestinians and Israelis. The first round was described as positive
The PLO called upon the International community and particularly the United States of America to work hard towards halting the Israeli destructive measures against any possibility of accomplishing a lasting peace in the Middle East. “It’s really essential to make Israel abide by the international legitimacy laws.”
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