Israel approves new settlement in East Jerusalem. Iran sentences 14 protesters to dying | EUROtoday

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A number of days after the primary assembly of the “Board of Peace” for Gaza, scheduled for Thursday 19 February, the Israeli government signed an agreement to create a new settlement which in fact constitutes an expansion towards East Jerusalem, in the West Bank.

The expansion plan

Il Times of Israel reports that the proposed settlement would have a territorial contiguity with the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of East Jerusalem, which lies within Jerusalem’s municipal borders. The organization Peace Nowwhich campaigns against illegal settlements in the West Bank, said: «Under the pretext of a new settlement, the government is carrying out a clandestine annexation . The new settlement will function in all respects as a neighborhood of the city of Jerusalem, and its planning as a “neighborhood” of the Adam settlement is only an excuse and an attempt to hide the initiative, the implication of which is the application of the Israeli sovereignty to the territories of the West Bank”.

International reactions

A agency condemnation of the Israeli plan for the brand new settlement additionally got here fromEgyptwho described the choice as «a harmful escalation geared toward consolidating the Israeli management over the Palestinian territories». The Egyptian authorities are calling for intervention from the worldwide group in protection of the regulation. In an announcement, the Foreign Ministry in Cairo underlined that «such actions represent a flagrant violation of worldwide regulation and worldwide humanitarian regulation, particularly the Fourth Geneva Conventionin addition to the related resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, particularly Resolution 2334 of 2016″. The European Union also spoke out against Israel’s decision: «The annexation is illegal according to international law and is a step in the wrong direction», said Anouar El Anouni, spokesperson for European Commission for Foreign Affairs.

Iran: 14 protesters sentenced to death

Meanwhile in Iran, after the violent protests in January, a court issued 14 death sentences towards some participants in the street demonstrations. Reporting it is Iran Internationalthe Iranian dissidence TV station based in London, which cites its sources. According to the broadcaster, the sentences were handed down after an online proceeding which was convened by Judge Abolghasem Salavati, head of Section 15 of the Iranian Revolutionary Court.

Iran: talks in Geneva at the Oman representation at the UN

On the negotiating entrance, discussions on Iran in Geneva might be held at Permanent Representation of Oman on the United Nations, a diplomatic supply informed the media. Oman will mediate oblique talks between American and Iranian envoys. One of the essential factors is the Iranian nuclear program, a supply of tensions with Israel and the United States. Today the secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, stated that Iran is keen to simply accept inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (Credit).