The Russian Foreign Ministry called on Israel not to build housing in Eastern Jerusalem

In Moscow, information on the decision of the Israel Ministry of Internal Affairs is perceived with serious concern to build 900 new housing units in the Har Homa settlement in the eastern part of Jerusalem. This was announced today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

“We have repeatedly set out the Russian position with the condemnation of Israeli settlement activity in the occupied Arab territories, which is considered in Moscow as an attempt to form new realities on the ground and predetermine the results of the Palestinian -Israeli negotiations on the final status,” the diplomatic mission emphasized.

"The fact that the new actions of Israel on the" development of "Palestinian lands are planned against the backdrop of the efforts of the" four "of the Middle Eastern intermediaries and the international community as a whole to resume dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis," - we again call for Israel to terminate any settlement activity in the Palestinian territories,, - we again urgently noted. Based on the importance of maintaining the prospect of restarting the peace process in the Middle East on a universally recognized international legal basis. "