UK says new Israeli settlements ‘deliberate obstacle’ to Palestinian state
UK Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Hamish Falconer has said Israel’s approval of 22 new settlements in the West Bank was a “deliberate obstacle to Palestinian statehood”.
“The UK condemns these actions,” he wrote on X. “Settlements are illegal under international law, further imperil the two state solution, and do not protect Israel.”
The Israeli government’s approval of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank is a deliberate obstacle to Palestinian statehood.
The UK condemns these actions. Settlements are illegal under international law, further imperil the two state solution, and do not protect Israel.
— Hamish Falconer MP (@HFalconerMP) May 29, 2025
Sorry, I don't belief your fake concern.
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-trade-representative-visits-israel-after-britain-suspends-talks-13375581
Amnesty International says settlers displacing dozens of Palestinian herding communities
Dozens of Palestinian herding communities in the occupied West Bank are being displaced due to Israeli-supported settler violence, Amnesty International has said.
“This forcible transfer is a war crime,” Amnesty wrote on X. “States must act now and live up to their obligations to cooperate to bring Israel’s unlawful occupation to an end and to dismantle its system of apartheid against Palestinians.”
On 24 May, fearing for their lives, over 200 people made the heartbreaking decision to leave the land where they had been living for many decades and while dismantling their homes, settlers assaulted them again, also with guns. At least six Palestinians were injured, some by live…
— Amnesty International (@amnesty) May 29, 2025
Israel’s settlements take two-state solution in ‘wrong direction’: UN
Israel’s 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank take efforts seeking a two-state solution that would see Israelis living side by side with Palestinians “in the wrong direction,” the United Nations chief’s spokesman has said.
“We stand against any and all” expansion of the settlements, Stephane Dujarric told reporters, repeating calls by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for “Israel to cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory … an obstacle to peace and economic and social development”.
