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<div id="divNewsDatetime">Press TV | Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:25AM</div>
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<div id="divImageDesc">An illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank (file photo)</div>
<div id="divLead">The  United Nations has lashed at Israel for ignoring international calls to  stop the expansion of its illegal settlement activities on occupied  Palestinian lands.</div>
<p>A UN statement said on Monday that Tel Aviv has ignored the  international community&#8217;s repeated calls for a complete end to illegal  settlement activities in the occupied West Bank and East al-Quds  (Jerusalem) in particular.</p>
<p>The statement also said Israel&#8217;s recent allocation of half a billion  dollars to the expansion of settlements shows that Tel Aviv has no  intention of stopping its illegal policies.</p>
<p>Israel has also approved the building of 1,600 settlement units in recent weeks.</p>
<p>The Palestinian Authority walked out of direct peace talks with  Israel late last year after Tel Aviv refused to renew a partial freeze  on settlement activities in the West Bank.</p>
<p>Israel occupied and annexed East al-Quds in 1967 Six-Day War in a move never recognized by the international community.</p>
<p>According to data from the Palestinian Information Center, Israel  has demolished 995 Palestinian homes and displaced 5,783 individuals &#8212;  among them 3,109 children &#8212; in the occupied al-Quds since the start of  2000.</p>
<p>This is while Israel proceeds persistently with the construction of  settlements on the occupied territories of the West Bank and East  al-Quds.</p>
<p>The UN has on various occasions criticized Israel for defying  international calls to halt its settlement construction expansions.</p>
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