UN: Israel's Settlement Expansions Undermine Prospects Of Two-State Solution

2025-08-14 08:04:47

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) NEW YORK, Aug 14 (KUNA) -- Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson of the UN Secretary-General, decried Israel's new plans for settlement constructions in the occupied Palestinian West Bank as detrimental to the two-state solution.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Dujarric said, "Our position on settlements is clear. The Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the regime that's associated with these settlements go against international law."
"Settlements, to state the obvious, further entrench the occupation, put the prospect of a two-State solution even further away," he cautioned.
"And -- if this went ahead and which we call in the Israeli Government not to do and we call them to reverse, to stop the advancement of this process, it would sever the northern and southern West Banks.
"I think, interestingly enough, as the Israeli finance minister and the Palestinians and other NGOs all agree, it would put an end to prospects of a two-State solution," Dujarric added. (end)
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