Report slams Israeli settlement policy (3)

Settler groups are pushing Netanyahu to restart West Bank construction at the end of the freeze, and banners and posters have appeared quoting various government officials saying that when the freeze end, rebuilding will begin.

"B'Tselem thinks that Israeli actions in the occupied territories and the huge governmental involvement, and the fact that the Israeli government has been the initiator and the body that carries out the settlement projects is extremely relevant for Israelis to know about," Michaeli said.

The organization charges the settlement movement with causing " continuing, cumulative infringement of the Palestinians' human rights," and says that the enterprise as a whole has flouted Israeli civilian, military and international laws.

B'Tselem called on the Israeli government to continue the current and any planned building freeze, cancel any financial incentives to encourage Israelis to move to settlements and to " evacuate" them.

Source: Xinhua
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