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LONDON, June 2 (KUNA) -- Britain said Monday it considers that Israeli
settlement building anywhere in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is
illegal under international law.
In a brief statement, the Foreign Office in London said "This includes
settlements in both East Jerusalem and the West Bank".
"The Roadmap was clear that Israel should freeze all settlement activity,
including the so-called natural growth of existing settlements, and dismantle
all outposts erected since March 2001", the statement pointed out.
"This has been the UKs consistent position and it will continue to raise
this with the Israeli government", it added.
The Foreign Office was commenting in the context of reports of plans for
further Israeli settlement building in the West Bank, around Jerusalem.
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