Ramallah, March 20, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal and must be stopped, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday, after getting a closer look at some of the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
During a high-profile West Bank visit, Ban was accompanied to an observation point by Palestinian Prime Minister of the West Bank government Salam Fayyad.
From the hill on Ramallah, the U.N. secretary-general was able to see the Israeli West Bank settlement of Givat Zeev, home to 11,000 Israelis settlers.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Quartet met in Moscow to try to find a way to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
On Sunday, Ban is to visit Gaza. "I go to Gaza tomorrow to express my solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians here and to underscore the need to end the blockade," he said. "I am deeply concerned about the worsening humanitarian situation" in Gaza, he added.
Souece: Agencies
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