The
Israeli parliament's vote to legalize settlement posts in the West
Bank outraged the Palestinians on Tuesday, who warned that the vote
would bring a global wrath against Israel.
On
Monday night, the Israeli parliament voted in favor of legalizing
4,000 Jewish settlements that will be built on Palestinian-owned
lands in the West Bank. 60 Israeli parliament members voted in favor
and 52 voted against the bill, which drove the Palestinians furious.
Nabil
Abu Rdineh, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said
in an official press statement that "this is an escalation
that would only lead to more instability and chaos in the entire
region." He called the Israeli Knesset vote "unacceptable."
He
said that the Israeli decision violates the recent United Nations
Security Council resolution 2,334, which condemned the Israeli
settlement and called on Israel to halt it, adding that "Israel
continues settlement expansion and building and neglects the
international laws and resolutions."
The
Israeli settlement expansion and building in the West Bank and east
Jerusalem is the thorniest issue which obstructs the resumption of
the bilateral peace negotiations.
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