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<p>During my recent visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, I visited
the E1 area and met members of the Bedouin community living there who face relocation
by the Israeli authorities. They told me that they had no wish to leave, and expressed
their fears of being forcibly transferred to make way for the construction of Israeli
settlements. Such a move would seriously threaten the possibility of a contiguous
Palestinian state, and according to the UN would be contrary to international humanitarian
law. Discussions are continuing in Brussels on how the EU can best discourage settlement
expansion, and the UK is working closely with other Member States to that end.</p>
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