"Having personally witnessed the injustice visited upon the Palestinian people in the territories occupied by Israel, it is with the utmost sadness and dismay that we - the undersigned international authors and artists - note Benjamin Netanyahu's approval this week of yet another 1,500 new illegal settlements units in the West Bank. 
"Baada ya kushuhudia kibinafsi ukosefu wa haki kwa watu wa Palestina katika maeneo yaliyonyakuliwa na Israeli, ni kwa huzuni kubwa na kusikitishwa kwamba sisi - waandishi wa kimataifa na wasanii tuliotia saini hapa chini - twakumbuka idhini ya Benjamin Netanyahu ya wiki hii ya vitengo vingine vipya vya makazi haramu 1500 katika Ukanda wa Magharibi.