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France urges immediate reversal of Israel settlement decision
After French parliament decides to vote on Palestinian statehood, Foreign Ministry says 'decision threatens two-state solution.'News Agencies
Published: 11.13.14,
France called on Israel to "immediately" reverse a decision to approve the building of 200 new settlement units in East Jerusalem, a move it said directly threatened a two-state peace solution.
"The decision by the Israeli authorities approving the construction of 200 new homes in the Ramot settlement again directly threatens a two-state solution," French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said.
"We call Israel to immediately go back on this decision at a time when everything should be done to stop the escalation (in violence) and relaunch the peace process," Nadal said in an unusually strong statement.
The new housing is slated for a sprawling hillside complex of apartment buildings and private homes at the northern edge of Jerusalem, on land Israel captured in a 1967 war and annexed to the city in a move never recognised internationally. Palestinians want this territory as part of a future state.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4591808,00.html