  {"id":195885,"date":"2014-10-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=195885"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:05:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:05:55","slug":"auto-insert-195885","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-195885\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan deplores Israel&#8217;s approval of housing units in E. Jerusalem &#8211; Japan MoFA statement\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27528%27%20height%3D%27154%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20528%20154%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27528%27%20height%3D%27154%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/25654bc0f3566e1085257d6b004a2a77_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"154px\" width=\"528px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height:150%;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Press Release<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:8px;line-height:150%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:right;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">October 7<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:5pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">, 2014<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">1.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The Government of Japan deeply deplores that the Israeli authority announced the approval of the construction of about 2600 housing units in the Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">2.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The Israeli announcement, following the recent expropriation of the land in the southern part of the West Bank, clearly goes against the ongoing efforts by the international community toward the ceasefire agreement regarding the Gaza Strip and realizing a two-state solution.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">3.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Settlement activities are a violation of international law, and Japan has repeatedly called upon Israel to fully freeze settlement activities. The Government of Japan strongly calls upon Israel to refrain from any unilateral act that changes the current status of East Jerusalem as well as the West Bank and to desist from implementing the above-mentioned plan of construction for the sake of progress in the peace process.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-bottom:4px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">4.<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Japan once again strongly urges both Israeli and Palestinian sides to act to enhance mutual trust and continue to make steady efforts for peace.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&nbsp;(END)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:6px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ps.emb-japan.go.jp\/PressRelease\/PressRelease2014\/n7October.pdf\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:6px;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">http:\/\/www.ps.emb-japan.go.jp\/PressRelease\/PressRelease2014\/n7October.pdf<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release October 7th, 2014 1. The Government of Japan deeply deplores that the Israeli authority announced the approval of the construction of about 2600 housing units in the Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem. 2. 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