Palestinian president calls for end to Israeli settlement construction

‘Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an immediate cessation of the Israeli regime’s settlement expansion activities in the occupied Palestinian lands.
“We are reiterating the contents of the final declaration of the (January 15 Middle East peace) conference and recall the importance of safeguarding the two-state solution, the cessation of colonization in accordance with Security Council resolution 2334, the end of the Israeli occupation that begun in 1967 and the establishment of an international group to monitor peace building efforts,” Abbas told reporters following a meeting with Belgian Minister Charles Michel in Brussels on Thursday.
The remarks come as Israel has stepped up its settlement activities in recent weeks despite a UN resolution that calls on Israel to halt its construction of settler units.’
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