May 29. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The United States Department of State has condemned this Monday the order of the Israeli Government that allows settlers to establish a “permanent” presence in the Homesh settlement after the transfer during the early hours of this Monday of a religious school to the area.
“We are deeply concerned by the recent Israeli government order allowing its citizens to establish a permanent presence at the Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank,” a State Department spokesman said, as reported by the newspaper. The Jerusalem Post’.
In this sense, he recalled that the expansion of the settlements “undermines the geographical viability” of the two-State solution. “This is consistent with the views of previous administrations, both the Democrats and the Republicans,” she added.
The State Department spokesman has also stated that the recent decision of the Israeli government undermines the “commitment” signed between former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Bush Administration in 2004, as well as the “commitments” of the current Executive with the Biden Administration, has collected the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’.
The transfer of the ‘yeshiva’ has taken place with the approval of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, despite the opposition of the West Bank Prosecutor’s Office, which maintains that the measure It is illegal.
Homesh was built on private Palestinian land and was initially evacuated along with three other settlements when Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005 after passing a law preventing Israelis from entering the site without special permission, which has not prevented settlers from settling in the area.
All Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal under international law, although the Israeli authorities differentiate between those that have been granted permission and those that have not. In fact, the Israeli government in February approved the legalization of nine settlements and has advanced plans to build more than 7,000 new housing units.
