Manama (INA) – Bahrain condemned the Israeli occupation authorities' announcement of approving the construction of 566 new settlement units in the occupied city of Jerusalem. Stressing that this dangerous step reflects the Israeli insistence on continuing the rejected settlement policy. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement today, Wednesday, that the Israeli measure is a challenge to the will of the international community, a violation of the rights of the Palestinian people, a violation of international norms and laws, and a failure to comply with Security Council Resolution No. including East Jerusalem, and thwarting all efforts aimed at reviving the peace process and resuming negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis. The Ministry called for the need for a strong and deterrent move by the international community, in order to compel Israel to immediately and completely stop all settlement activities, and fully comply with the requirements of the peace process in order to establish permanent stability, based on the two-state solution, ending the Israeli occupation, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on The borders of June 2334, 1967 AD, with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the Arab Peace Initiative, and the implementation of relevant international legitimacy resolutions. (End) h p
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