France called on the Israeli occupation authorities to reconsider the recently granted approval of construction plans for more than 1,500 illegal settlement units in East Jerusalem.

According to a statement by France’s foreign ministry, the French government is also very concerned by information reporting additional plans that could be approved in the coming days, adding that these decisions represent a serious threat to the two-state solution.

On July 5, President of France Emmanuel Macron said that settlements—which are illegal under international law— have, since the beginning of the year, reached “an unprecedented level, and these decisions send a very negative signal that can only undermine the necessary trust.”