Statement on Israel’s “Legalization bill” released by UN special coordinator
UN special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov on Tuesday released a statement on Israel’s “Legalization bill”, which has the objective of protecting illegal settlements and outposts built on private Palestinian property in the West Bank. Some have pronounced it to be a step towards the annexation of the West Bank. “If adopted, it will have far reaching legal consequences for Israel, across the occupied West Bank and will greatly diminish the prospect of Arab-Israeli peace,” Mladenov said in a statement.