Europe has underlined its opposition to new Israeli settlements that would cut off Palestinian communities.
France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and the EU foreign service all criticised the plans, announced by Israel on Friday (21 February), to build 5,200 more housing units in the Har Homa and Givat Hamatos settlements.
The move would isolate Palestinians living in East Jerusalem and Bethlehem from Palestinians in the rest of the West Bank.
And it would "undermine the possib...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.