“Claiming Jewish construction in Jerusalem is illegal is as absurd as claiming American construction in Washington is illegal,” PMO rebuked, continuing, “The Palestinian demand for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from a future Palestinian state is appalling and the U.N. should condemn it… not embrace it.”
By News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff
The Prime Minister’s Office on Monday lambasted the U.N.’s Middle East envoy after he leveled harsh criticism at the government’s Judea and Samaria settlement construction policies.
Briefing the U.N. Security Council via video conference, Nikolay Mladenov urged Israel to end settlement construction and called for joint efforts to restore hope for the two-state solution.