Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan
A/RES/72/86
Expressing grave concern about the continuation by Israel, the occupying
Power, of settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, and condemning those activities as violations of international
humanitarian law, relevant United Nations resolutions, the agreements reached
between the parties and obligations under the Quartet road map and as actions in
defiance of the calls by the international community to cease all settlement
activities,
Deploring in particular Israel’s construction and expansion of settlements in
and around occupied East Jerusalem, including its so-called E-1 plan that aims to
connect its illegal settlements around and further isolate o ccupied East Jerusalem,
the continuing demolition of Palestinian homes and eviction of Palestinian families
from the city, the revocation of Palestinian residency rights in the city, and ongoing
settlement activities in the Jordan Valley, all of which furt her fragment and
undermine the contiguity of the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
Taking note of the Quartet report of 1 July 2016, 11 and stressing its
recommendations, as well as its recent statements, including of 3 0 September 2015,
23 October 2015, 12 February 2016 and 23 September 2016, in which the Quartet
members concluded that, inter alia, the continuing policy of settlement construction
and expansion, designation of land for exclusive Israeli use and denial of Palestinian
development, including the recent high rate of demolitions, are steadily eroding the
two-State solution,
Deploring the continuing unlawful construction by Israel of the wall inside the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and
expressing its concern, in particular, about the route of the wall in departure from
the Armistice Line of 1949, which is causing humanitarian hardship and a serious
decline of socioeconomic conditions for the Palestinian people, is fragmenting the
territorial contiguity of the Territory and undermining its viability, and could
prejudge future negotiations and make the two -State solution physically impossible
to implement,
Deeply concerned that the wall’s route has been traced in such a way as to
include the great majority of the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Condemning acts of violence and terror against civilians on both sides, and
recalling the need to end all acts of violence, including acts of terror, provocation,
incitement and destruction,
Condemning also all acts of violence, destruction, harassment, provocation
and incitement by Israeli settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
East Jerusalem, against Palestinian civilians, including children, and their
properties, including historic and religious sites, and agricultural lands, as well as
acts of terror by several extremist Israeli settlers, and calling for accountability for
the illegal actions perpetrated in this regard,
Taking note of the relevant reports of the Secretary-General, including
pursuant to Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), 12
Noting the special meeting of the Security Council convened on 2 6 September
2008, as well as the meeting of the Council of 18 February 2011,
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S/2016/595, annex.
A/72/296, A/72/314, A/72/538, A/72/539, A/72/564 and A/72/565.
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