Gilo and other Israeli settlements built in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) are illegal under international law. This is the view of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, the International Committee for the Red Cross, and virtually all states except Israel.
These “neighborhoods” constitute war crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998).

Mr Chairman, Members of the Committee

Thank you for giving me the privilege and honour of addressing you today on a very important issue – Israeli violations of the human rights of Palestinians, violations which mean that Israel is in breach of Article 2 of the Euro-Med agreement.

Annually and for the past 62 years, The Palestinians commemorate, the 15th of May, the most calamitous day in their contemporary history.  In 1948, the Jewish  Zionists widened their territorial control on every front and in the end commanded 78 per cent, instead of the 56% allotted to them by the United Nations’ partition plan of  historic Palestine. In the same short period approximately 750,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes, many forcibly, at the hands of Zionist gangs

Dr. Hikmat Ajjuri; Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland States that “These new measures reflect the Apartheid and anti peace nature of Israel. The implementation of the aforementioned order will for sure poison any healthy environment conducive to a peaceful settlement. A Few weeks ago, it was the issue of the illegal settlements in Occupied East Jerusalem and now the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous people in the OPT.”

Chief Palestinian Negotiator, Dr Saeb Erakat today condemned new military orders to be introduced by Israel, as reported in the media today, that make it easier for Israel to imprison and expel Palestinians from the West Bank under the pretext of ‘infiltration’.