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Statement
by PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi
on
the US announcement regarding Israel's illegal settlements:
Trump
administration is a threat to international peace and security
The
announcement made by US Secretary of State has no legal
validity.
The
US neither has the right nor agency to rewrite international law
and deface the rules-based international order based on its
perverse ideological leanings.
Israeli settlements are a grave violation of international law, including international humanitarian law. They also constitute a war crime according to the Rome Statute. These are solid facts that the Trump administration cannot alter or unravel.
This announcement reaffirms Palestine’s assessment that the Trump administration is a threat to international peace and security because it is a partner in Israeli crimes and provides political cover for its pervasive violations.
This administration is a threat the international community must confront with consistency and moral clarity.
The Palestinian leadership will continue to pursue justice and redress through all available legal and political avenues. Palestine remains solidly committed to international law and at the forefront of defending the values and principles for which it stands. It is time for responsible states to take collective action that rises to the level of threat this administration’s lawlessness presents to the world.
Israeli settlements are a grave violation of international law, including international humanitarian law. They also constitute a war crime according to the Rome Statute. These are solid facts that the Trump administration cannot alter or unravel.
This announcement reaffirms Palestine’s assessment that the Trump administration is a threat to international peace and security because it is a partner in Israeli crimes and provides political cover for its pervasive violations.
This administration is a threat the international community must confront with consistency and moral clarity.
The Palestinian leadership will continue to pursue justice and redress through all available legal and political avenues. Palestine remains solidly committed to international law and at the forefront of defending the values and principles for which it stands. It is time for responsible states to take collective action that rises to the level of threat this administration’s lawlessness presents to the world.
Israeli
settlements do not violate international law, Pompeo says
US
Secretary of State's announcement was criticised by rights
groups as endorsement of illegal Israeli settlements
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