(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (KUNA) -- The Palestinian foreign ministry on Wednesday condemned a declaration by the Israeli occupation authorities to float tenders for building 356 settlements in northeastern Jerusalem.
This is a new step as part of the systematic settlement expansion policy aimed at undermining chances of implementing the principle of the two states solution and jeopardizing any possibility to establish the independent Palestinian state, it said in a statement.
It is aimed at speeding up the colonial scheme called "greater Jerusalem," amid terrorism of the armed settlers' militias to besiege the Palestinians and drive them out of their homeland, the department added.
UN Security Council Resolution 2334 considered all settlement activities as flagrant violation of the international law, thus states bear a legal and ethical responsibility to renounce any changes enforced by the occupation, the foreign ministry statement said.
It urged the international community to act urgently and stop such continuing breaches against the Palestinian people, their territories and legitimate rights.
Jerusalem Governorate declared earlier today that the occupation promoted two tenders to build these settlements northeast of the city. (end)
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