UN chief urges Israeli lawmakers to reconsider settlement bill
(VOVworld) - Outgoing United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Israeli lawmakers to reconsider a bill to legalize Israeli settlement homes on private Palestinian land in the West bank.
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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (Source: Reuters)
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He said the bill will have negative legal consequences for Israel and substantially diminish the chances for Arab-Israeli peace. Israeli legislators last week passed the bill to legalize some 4,000 settler units built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. The bill must pass 2 more voting rounds in the Parliament before being finally approved.