ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of compliance by the Israeli Government with UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) on urging an end to Israeli settlements.
Alistair Burt, Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Holding answer received on 20 November 2017
UN Security Council Resolution 2334 addresses settlements while also calling for an end to incitement and terror. The resolution was passed on 23 December 2016 and asks the Secretary-General to report to the Council every three months on the implementation of its provisions. We are gravely concerned by the increased pace of settlement advancement by the Israeli government in 2017, including plans for the first new settlement deep in the West Bank in more than 25 years, the first new housing units in Hebron for 15 years, and legislation to retroactively approve unauthorised settlement outposts.