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The international community should put pressure...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in late November that construction would be limited in the West Bank, but not in East Jerusalem, which is also under Israeli occupation and which the Palestinians claim to be the capital of an independent Palestinian state. Netanyahu also said construction would resume in the future.The Palestinian National Authority has refused to return to the negotiating table until the construction is completely halted.
The expert suggested that the international community should gear efforts towards the recognition of Palestine as an independent state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and put pressure on Israel to completely freeze settlement construction.
If Israel stands its ground, the UN should consider economic sanctions to be imposed on it, he said.
Bagdasarov also said a conflict between Israel and Palestine should be settled before 2020 in order to prevent an "explosion" in the Middle
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