It is with grave concern that I must draw your attention to the continuation and intensification of Israel’s illegal, massive colonial settlement campaign in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. As we continue to grapple with the grave crisis caused in the Gaza Strip by the occupying Power’s deadly and destructive military campaign and continuing blockade, which has caused immeasurable suffering and hardship for the Palestinian civilian population, we must also address its relentless attempts to illegally colonize the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.