The European Union calls for a halt to settlements, demolitions and forced displacement in the occupied Palestinian territories

Brussels (ST): The European Union renewed its call on the Israeli occupation authorities to stop the expansionist settlement operations, demolitions and displacement that they are practicing against the Palestinian people.

In a statement today, reported by Wafa Agency, the Union stressed that these practices are illegal, calling on the occupation to stop demolitions and evictions in accordance with the obligations of the international humanitarian law and international human rights law.

In turn, Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh called during his meeting in the Belgian capital, Brussels, with the European Union Commissioner for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell to pressure the occupation to stop the plans of displacement and deportation against the Palestinian people and to preserve the existing and historical situation in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

For his part, Borrell stressed that there is no compelling reason for the occupation’s expansionist Judaization plans to expel about a thousand Palestinians from their homes and lands south of Hebron, considering the demolitions, evictions and settlement expansion “an illegal matter” that must be stopped.

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