The international community has an obligation to prevent Israel from carrying
out any further settlement activity throughout all Palestinian territory
occupied by Israel in 1967
All Israeli settlement activity in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) is illegal, as it violates Article 49
of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the prohibition against acquiring territory by
force, the Palestinian right of self-determination, as well as UN Security
Council Resolutions 242 and 338. The United Nations, the International Court of
Justice, and the overwhelming majority of states share this view.
Therefore, the international community has an obligation to prevent Israel from
carrying out any further settlement activity throughout all Palestinian
territory occupied by Israel in 1967;
including East Jerusalem,
beginning with the Adumim “bloc”, the E-1 Plan and the Adumim Wall. A genuine
settlement freeze, such as the one called for in the Quartet Roadmap, would
ensure that no further harm is done to the two-state solution prior to actual
negotiations. Such a freeze should include an end to all:
Settlement and settlement-related construction in the OPT, especially in East
Jerusalem, including the Wall
Government and private financing and incentives for settlements and settlers
Settlement planning and building permit and tender issuance for new and
existing settlements
Land confiscations, home demolitions and other property destruction,
regardless of the pretext.
