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<p>We strongly condemn Israeli settlement advancement, including recent plans for
new settlements deep in the West Bank, and moves to retroactively approve unauthorised
settlement outposts. These proposed actions call into question the commitment of the
Israeli government to the two-state solution. We continue to raise our grave concerns
about Israeli settlements with the Israeli Government. I raised our concerns about
settlements with Israeli Defence Minister Lieberman during our meeting in London on
7 September 2016. The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge
and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), also raised our concerns over new settlements with
Prime Minister Netanyahu when he met him in Jerusalem on 30 September. I issued a
further statement on 16 November expressing our deep concern about the land regulation
bill in the Israeli Knesset proposing to ‘legalise’ settlement outposts across the
West Bank. Such outposts are currently illegal under both Israeli domestic law and
international humanitarian law and should be removed entirely.</p>
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