The EU’s new foreign policy chief has urged Israel to “reverse” its latest settlement expansion in her first statement on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Federica Mogherini, who is to visit Israel and the West Bank on Friday (7 November) in her first official trip outside the EU, complained on Wednesday that previous pleas on settlements: “have remained unheard”.
She called the Israeli decision, to approve 500 new housing units in the Ramat Shlomo area in East Jerusalem: “yet another...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.