Israel took no steps to comply with a Security Council call to stop all settlement activity in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and instead authorized “a high rate” of settlement expansions in violation of international law, the United Nations said Friday.
UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov told the council the large number of settlement announcements and legislation action by IsraelRead more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused the UN Security Council Resolution to end settlement activity on occupied land, describing it as"shameful".
He stressed that Israel would not abide by Friday's vote at the 15-member UN Security Council. The Resolution was passed after the US refused to veto it.
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