Settlement stalls talks
China has called on Israel to immediately stop all settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories in order to revive the peace talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
On Tuesday, Premier Wen Jiabao urged Israel and Palestine to stay on the path of peace and make constructive efforts to advance their stalled peace talks. Wen made the appeal when offering congratulations to the Conference in Commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, held on Monday at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
On the same day, Wang Min, the Chinese deputy permanent representative to the UN, pressed Israel to immediately stop all settlement activities in all occupied Palestinian territories, including the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and to stop construction of the separation barrier.
