26-11-2024 10:55 AM Jerusalem Timing

Peres: Settlements may Harm Israel’s Jewish Majority

Peres: Settlements may Harm Israel’s Jewish Majority

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Wednesday warned about the demographic consequences of ongoing Zionist settlement in the occupied West Bank

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Wednesday warned about the demographic consequences of ongoing Zionist settlement in the occupied West Bank, in comments carried on Israel's main radio stations.Peres
  
"Israeli settlements in densely populated Arab areas could bring about a demographic change about which we would do well to think hard about before acting," he said in remarks broadcast on both army radio and Israel public radio.
  
"Without a Jewish majority, it is doubtful whether a Jewish state can remain Jewish," he warned during a ceremony held on Tuesday evening.
  
The international community considers all settlements built in the West Bank and east Al-Quds to be illegal because they are built on Palestinian territory Israel occupied during the 1967 Six Day War.