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Israel to Prevent UN Mission from Investigating West Bank Settlements
Israel to Prevent UN Mission from Investigating West Bank Settlements :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [gd]Israel has said that it will prevent a UN fact-finding mission from investigating the legality of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that it will not cooperate with the mission, and will stop its members from entering Israel and the Palestinian Territories
In July, the UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, told a news conference that the increased building of settlements had "closed the book" on a two state solution.
Falk also laid blame at the door of the international community, which regards all Israeli settlements in the West Bank as illegal under international law. He stated, "The international community is conspiring, maybe unwittingly, in a process that has no way of bringing justice to the people involved in this conflict."