PLO slams Israel for building 800 settler homes around Jerusalem

On Monday, Erekat told journalists that Abbas would send a letter to the Quartet members to the effect that negotiations could not resume without a full cessation of settlement building – including in East Jerusalem – indicating that the reported decision to cut ties with the group wound not have been made until later that day.

The settler population in the West Bank is estimated at 531,000: in late 2012 the population of the West Bank settlements was 341,400; in late 2011 there were 190,423 individuals living in Israeli neighborhoods in East Jerusalem.

The EU urged Israel to stop this policy and to reverse its recent decision.

The Quartet on Friday released a long-awaited report on the peace process, which, for the first time in a major global forum, cited Palestinian incitement against Israel as a major obstacle to ending the conflict.

The settlement founded in 1975 already has a population of more than 37,000.

Her 19-year-old Palestinian assailant was then shot dead by a security guard.

A general view of the Israeli West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit, near the Palestinian town of Bethlehem, on May 17, 2016.

She was a relative of the Kiryat Arba attacker.

The Quartet suggest that each side must “independently demonstrate, through policies and actions, a genuine commitment to the two-state solution” and to “refrain from unilateral steps that prejudice the outcome of the final negotiations.” the United Nations said in a press release.

Hanan Ashrawi, the PLO executive committee member, said in an emailed press statement that it is “occupation” under global cover.

This story has been corrected to show that in the December attack, one Israeli was stabbed and killed by the two Palestinians, and the other Israeli was apparently mistakenly shot and killed by police.

A wave of violence since October has killed at least 214 Palestinians, 34 Israelis, two Americans, an Eritrean and a Sudanese.

A senior Palestinian official told al-Hayat that the USA is dominating the Quartet and that the recent report has American fingerprints all over it.

IS influence in the West Bank has been limited.

The increase in violence has led to the deaths of 234 Palestinians, 34 Israelis and four foreigners since October previous year.