UN Chief Ban Ki-Moun Slams ’Israeli’ Settlement Building
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon slammed on Monday the "Israeli" settlement building in the occupied West Bank in an echo of international criticism of further moves to build on occupied Palestinian land.
"I once again strongly condemn the continued settlement activity by "Israel"," he told journalists after meeting Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Earlier, Ban had slammed "provocations" at occupied al-Quds' holy sites, hours after "Israeli" police clashed with Palestinian worshipers.
"I am ... deeply concerned by repeated provocations at the holy sites in Jerusalem [occupied al-Quds]. These only inflame tensions and must stop," he said.
"We must not lose sight of the root causes of the recent hostilities: a restrictive occupation that has lasted almost half a century, the continued denial of Palestinian rights and the lack of tangible progress in [so-called] "peace" negotiations," Ban said.
He spoke on Sunday at a donor conference in Cairo to raise funds to repair the damage from the "Israeli" aggression on seized Gaza.
On Monday, he is expected to visit "Israel", where he will meet with Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and War Minister Tzipi Livni.
On Tuesday, he will visit seized Gaza.
"Israel" unleashed brutal attacks in a military aggression against seized Gaza in early July and later expanded it with a ground invasion into the area. Over 2,130 Palestinians lost their lives and some 11,000 were injured, whereby Gaza Health officials say the victims included 578 children.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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