UN Calls on “Israel” to Extend Settlement Freeze
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged "Israel" to extend its partial settlement freeze, as "Israel" and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have resumed talks for the first time since 20 months.
According to the UN News Center, the UN chief made the remarks on Thursday during his meeting with US Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, about the first round of talks.
The negotiations were held between "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas in Washington on September the 2nd.
The 10 month freeze on illegal settlement expansion that was set in Last November expires on September 26. "Israel" repeatedly violated the freeze by continuing to build more settlement units in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Meanwhile, the Middle East Peace Quartet is expected to convene in New York later this month to assess the talks.
Ban said the Quartet - compromising the United Nations, the European Union, Russia and the United States - will meet to review the Middle East process.
He added that he would also meet with Netanyahu and Abbas during the annual UN General Assembly opening on September 20.
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