  {"id":196916,"date":"2011-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=196916"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:18:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:18:25","slug":"auto-insert-196916","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-196916\/","title":{"rendered":"EU High Representative Ashton statement on Israeli decision to expedite settlement activity &#8211; EU Press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\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%27545%27%20height%3D%27145%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20545%20145%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27545%27%20height%3D%27145%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/48a65e7dddc4395d8525793d004b9e77_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"145px\" width=\"545px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on the<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Israeli decision to expedite settlement activity<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission made today the following statement:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>&quot;I am deeply concerned by the latest Israeli decisions to expedite settlement activities in response to Palestinian accession to UNESCO.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Israeli settlement activity is illegal under international law including in East Jerusalem and an obstacle to peace. 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