UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged Israel to freeze all settlement activity in West Bank. UNITED NATIONS, July 24 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged Israel to freeze all settlement activity in West Bank. In a statement issued by his press office, Ban expressed deep concern about the announcement of the initial approval by the Ministry of Defense of 20 residential units in the Israeli military post of Maskiyot in the West Bank. "The secretary-general has stressed many times before that settlement construction or expansion is contrary to international law," said the statement. It is also contrary to Israel's commitments under the international plan for Middle East peace, known as the Road Map, and the Annapolis process, the statement added, referring to the peace process launched in...
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