Egypt condemns Israeli decision to build settlement units in West Bank

CAIRO – 6 March 2024: Egypt has condemned the Israeli government decision on building about 3500 new settlement units in the West Bank.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said such a measure reflects insistence to proceed with the illegal settlement policy in violation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and the international law.

The ministry added that Israel's continued Israeli practices of annexing and stealing Palestinian lands will not change the lands' historic, legal and demographic status.

The ministry underlined the importance of halting such practices which hamper efforts to reach a just settlement of the Palestinian cause.

Egypt urged international players to take a strong stand against the Israeli settlement activities.

Egypt also called on the United Nations Security Council to shoulder the responsibility to halt the Israeli violations against the international law and protect the Palestinians and their rights.

The ministry called for the council to support the recognition of the Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.