JERUSALEM — The U.N.’s Mideast envoy yesterday criticized Israel’s renewed building in West Bank settlements in response to an Associated Press investigation.
The AP report showed that Israel has begun building at least 544 apartments since a 10-month halt on new housing starts in the settlements expired late last month.
Palestinians charge that construction in the settlements is aimed at preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state.
In a statement, U.N. envoy Robert Serry called the AP report “alarming.” He said settlement construction is “illegal under international law” and “will only further undermine trust.”
Israel also drew criticism yesterday from former President Jimmy Carter, who is visiting Israel, Gaza and the West Bank as part of a delegation of “Elders,” led by Mary Robinson, former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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