  {"id":203834,"date":"2017-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=203834"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:39:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:39:26","slug":"auto-insert-203834","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203834\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on the Launch of the So-called &#8220;Regularization Bill&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;line-height:200%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27114%27%20height%3D%2797%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20114%2097%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27114%27%20height%3D%2797%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/33a80a11e506368f852580cf0050e8a6_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"97px\" width=\"114px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Statement by United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process,<br \/>\nNickolay Mladenov, on the so-called &quot;Regularization Bill&quot;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>Jerusalem, 5 February 2017<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&quot;I am concerned by the scheduled vote on the so-called &#8220;Regularisation Bill&#8221; as it would enable the continued use of privately-owned Palestinian land for Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">If adopted into law, it will have far reaching legal consequences for Israel and greatly diminish the prospects for Arab-Israeli peace. The bill has been deemed unconstitutional by the Attorney General of Israel and is in contravention of international law. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">I urge Israeli legislators to reconsider this move. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Settlements are illegal under international law and, as outlined in the Middle East Quartet <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/F1675AA83BC132BB85257FF7006BC523.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">report<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">, present one of the main impediments to peace. All core issues should be resolved between the parties through direct negotiations on the basis of relevant Security Council resolutions and mutual agreements.&quot; <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:justify;padding-bottom:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">ENDS<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-top:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unsco.org\/Documents\/Statements\/SC\/2017\/Statement%20by%20UN%20Special%20Coordinator%20Mladenov%20-%206%20February%202017.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:justify;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">http:\/\/www.unsco.org\/Documents\/Statements\/SC\/2017\/Statement%20by%20UN%20Special%20Coordinator%20Mladenov%20-%206%20February%202017.pdf<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement by United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, on the so-called &quot;Regularization Bill&quot; Jerusalem, 5 February 2017 &quot;I am concerned by the scheduled vote on the so-called &#8220;Regularisation Bill&#8221; as it would enable the continued use of privately-owned Palestinian land for Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. 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