The UAE strongly condemned Israel's decision to allow re-settlement in areas in the northern West Bank , and its bids to build new settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territories.

In a statement today, Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, published by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, affirmed the UAE's rejection of all practices that contravene international legitimacy resolutions and threaten further escalation and instability in the region.

The ministry stressed the need to support all regional and international efforts to advance the peace process in the Middle East, as well as put an end to illegal practices that threaten the two-state solution, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

This week, the Israeli government issued bids to build 1,029 settlement units in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, contrary to its commitment at the last meeting in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh.