Some members questioned the proposed size of blocks and the requirement for contiguity of such blocks.

8. Stresses the need to preserve the territorial integrity and contiguity of all the Occupied Palestinian Territory ,

Stressing the need for respect and preservation of the territorial unity, contiguity and integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,

However, no one could observe its scope and its route without being concerned over possible implications for the contiguity of the future Palestinian State.

Stressing the need for respect for and preservation of the territorial unity, contiguity and integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,

Should settlers move to the West Bank or even stay in the vicinity of Gaza, their mere presence would further alter the contiguity of Palestinian lands.

(f) Taking into account its peaceful withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, end its policy of strengthening and expanding Jewish settlements elsewhere in OPT, which is threatening the contiguity of Palestinian lands

The wall already penetrated deep into Palestinian territory and was set to include major Israeli settlement blocks that would divide Palestine into separate cantons and destroy the contiguity of its territory.

The Secretary General further states in the same paragraph, Government sponsored settlement activity may have a negative impact on the territorial contiguity of Palestinian territory and thus remains a source of serious concern .

With its wall, Israel was also unilaterally defining the permanent borders of a future Palestinian State that would have neither territorial integrity nor territorial contiguity a two State solution would thus be nearly impossible.

While the draft provides for the contiguity of blocks, before relinquishment, it is nevertheless flexible in recognizing that an applicant may retain, after relinquishment, several sites (clusters of blocks), which might not necessarily be contiguous.

The recent developments in connection with Israeli settlements represented a further aspect of the Palestinians' gradual loss of control over their national identity and lands, which were losing their contiguity owing to the construction of the separation wall, road closures and checkpoints.

The Quartet affirms that a new Palestinian state must be truly viable, with contiguity in the West Bank reminds all concerned that a state of scattered territories will not work and emphasizes that no party should take unilateral actions that prejudge final status issues.

Concerned about the continued establishment of Israeli checkpoints in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the transformation of several of these checkpoints into structures akin to permanent border crossings inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which are severely impairing the territorial contiguity of the Territory and severely undermining efforts to rehabilitate and develop the Palestinian economy,

Concerned about the continued establishment of Israeli checkpoints in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the transformation of several of these checkpoints into structures akin to permanent border crossings inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which are severely impairing the territorial contiguity of the Territory and severely undermining efforts to rehabilitate and develop the Palestinian economy,

13. Stresses the need for respect for the unity and territorial contiguity and integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and for guarantees of the freedom of movement of persons and goods within the Palestinian territory, including movement into and from East Jerusalem, into and from the Gaza Strip, and to and from the outside world

9. Stresses the need for a speedy end to the reoccupation of Palestinian population centres, inter alia, by easing movement and access, including by the removal of checkpoints within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the need for respect and preservation of the territorial unity, contiguity and integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem

Today, geography still plays a role, though it is Turkey s contiguity with Syria, Iraq, and Iran that has left the US reluctant to make a fuss about press freedom. The US has supported Turkey s accession to the EU, but its efforts would have more credibility in Europe if it also pressed Turkey to address its shortcomings.

Concerned in particular about the continued establishment of Israeli checkpoints in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the transformation of several of these checkpoints into structures akin to permanent border crossings inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which are severely impairing the territorial contiguity of the Territory and severely undermining efforts and aid aimed at rehabilitating and developing the Palestinian economy,

Concerned about the continued establishment of Israeli checkpoints in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the transformation of several of these checkpoints into structures akin to permanent border crossings inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which are severely impairing the territorial contiguity of the Territory and severely undermining efforts and aid aimed at rehabilitating and developing the Palestinian economy,

In essence, those dangerous measures carried out by the occupying Power will effectively isolate the city from the West Bank by encircling East Jerusalem with its illegal settlements and its unlawful wall, jeopardizing the possibility of territorial contiguity of the city with the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory and thereby undermining the Palestinian position in any future negotiations regarding East Jerusalem.

Mr. Mohd Radzi Abdul Rahman (Malaysia) said that the report of the Special Committee contained disturbing accounts of the unprecedented level of physical destruction in the occupied Arab territories, as well as the loss of control by the Palestinians of strategic resources and of the contiguity of their lands, owing to the separation wall, road closures and checkpoints and the encroachment of Israeli settlements.