Egypt condemns the Law of Return to Settlements in the Occupied Territories
Egypt condemned the approval of the Israeli Knesset, the day before yesterday, Monday, of a bill allowing the return of settlers to four settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories that were dismantled in 2005.
And the Egyptian Foreign Ministry stressed, in a statement, today, Wednesday, that “settlement activity in all its forms and manifestations is illegal and lacks any legitimacy, which is confirmed by the decisions of international legitimacy and the rules of international law.”
The statement indicated that such decisions and legislation impede the ongoing efforts to achieve calm between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, fuel feelings of injustice and anger among the Palestinian people, and complicate the political and security climate in the occupied Palestinian territories every day.
On Monday, the Israeli Knesset finally approved a law abolishing the “disengagement” law, according to which Israel withdrew from four settlements in the northern West Bank in 2005, as part of a broader plan that also included the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements.
The new law, which was approved in the second and third readings, will allow settlers to enter and reside in the evacuated settlements.
The law allows settlers to return to 4 evacuated settlements, namely: Ganim, Kadim, Homesh, and Sanur.
The law cancels the criminal penalties imposed by the previous law on settlers who enter or reside in the four settlements, which were established on private Palestinian lands in the northern West Bank.
