International opposition to Israel’s settler colony construction has become
increasingly outspoken, with the Quartet Road Map as the main diplomatic
reference. Since the start of 2009, the Israeli government and state agencies
have escalated in word and deed their defiance of calls to respect the
ban against colonization, wanton destruction and dispossession. The following
dossier of recent media reports, official statements and relevant documents
tracks developments in the bureaus and on the ground through 2009-10.
Entries are chronological, with historical documents linked in their context.
Please scroll to bottom for latest developments HLRN
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Middle East Road Map, presented to Palestinian and Israeli leaders by
Quartet mediators – the United Nations, European Union, United States and
Russia (2003):
Israel takes all necessary steps to help normalise Palestinian life.
Israel withdraws from Palestinian areas occupied from September 28, 2000
and the two sides restore the status quo that existed at that time, as
security performance and cooperation progress.
Israel also freezes all settlement activity, consistent with the Mitchell
report?.
– GOI immediately dismantles settlement outposts erected since March 2001.
– Consistent with the Mitchell Report, GOI freezes all settlement activity
(including natural growth of settlements)?.?
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Source: Habitat International Coalition
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