New tenders approved by the Israeli government for construction in Judea and Samaria demand that the Palestinian Authority (PA) seek a United Nations Security Council resolution that would force Israel to halt its “settlement construction”, a spokesman for PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday, according to the WAFA news agency.
“Settlements are illegal and a violation of international laws and conventions, which demand international intervention to bring them to a halt,” said the spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh.
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