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Construction of 500 homes in East Jerusalem

Spain regrets and condemns the decision by Israeli authorities to move forward with the construction of five hundred new homes in East Jerusalem. 

November 05, 2014
JERUSALéN ESTE
COMMUNIQUE NUMBER 319 BY THE SPANISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION

The Spanish government believes that this type of unilateral action tends to make the future formation of a Palestinian State less feasible and that it is therefore not coherent with Israel's formal commitment to negotiate with the Palestinians in order to achieve a peaceful, global, permanent solution on the basis of the two-state principle.

Once again, Spain has given a reminder of its position on the illegal nature of all the settlements, which the rest of the international community shares.
Construction of 500 homes in East Jerusalem