{"id":41634,"date":"2019-11-19T15:22:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=41634"},"modified":"2019-11-19T15:22:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:22:12","slug":"kuwaits-emir-appoints-foreign-minister-as-new-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=41634","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait\u2019s emir appoints foreign minister as new PM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nDUBAI: US comments effectively abandoning its 40-year old stance that Israel\u2019s right to build Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank were inconsistent with international law drew widespread condemnation on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\nThe UN Human Rights Office in particular reaffirmed its long-standing position that Jewish settlements in West Bank \u201cwere in breach of international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nArab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit likewise condemned the statements of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who earlier said that \u201cthe establishment of Israeli civilian settlements is not, per se, inconsistent with international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAboul Gheit said he considered Pompeo\u2019s statement a negative escalation and warned that the unfortunate change in the US position will push Israeli settlers to practice more violence and brutality against the Palestinian population, state news agency SPA report.<\/p>\n

\nSimilarly, Dr. Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami, the President of the Arab Parliament, refuted the US official\u2019s announcement, and said the pronouncements were a flagrant violation of international law, UN General Assembly and UN Security Council resolutions, in particular Resolution No. 2334, which specified the illegality of Israel\u2019s establishment of settlements in the occupied territories since 1967.<\/p>\n

\nTurkey also said that the US declaration that it will no longer regard Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories as illegal has no validity in international law.<\/p>\n

\nTurkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu wrote on Twitter that such declarations \u201cshall have no validity with respect to international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\u201cNo country is above international law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\nTurkey, a strong advocate of the Palestinian cause, also criticized US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital in 2017.<\/p>\n

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