EU 'Deplores' Latest Israel Settlement Plan
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The European Union said Thursday it deplored the latest Israeli decision to build new settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank and that it should be reversed.
The move announced Sunday to build some 1,859 homes threatens the Israel-Palestinian peace process, EU foreign affairs head Catherine Ashton said.
"The EU has repeatedly stated that settlements are illegal under international law and that bold and decisive leadership is needed for the current peace negotiations to succeed," Ashton said in a statement.
"The EU deplores the latest settlement announcement and calls on the Israeli government to reverse its decision.
"Any actions that could hamper or undermine the ongoing negotiations must be avoided," she added.
The building of new settlements on occupied Palestinian land is a key sticking point in the peace talks which were only revived with great difficulty by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry earlier this year.
A bitter row has erupted over Israeli moves during the past week to push ahead with construction of a total of more than 3,700 new settler homes.
07 November 2013, 16:19
00
Why don't you EU guys start slapping on some of those sanctions you love to give to everybody else on Israel as well, all you keep doing is deploring and talking. This is just a way for you to do the bare minimum if this was an arab country that was not funneling oil or assisting Israel in the middle east then you would have seen sanctions up and down the country
