European statement opposes West Bank settlement plan
France, Italy, Britain, and Germany have called on Israel to halt settlement expansion in the West Bank and to withdraw tenders for the construction of more than 1,200 housing units within the "E1" project, which was approved in August and has sparked international criticism because it increases the separation of East Jerusalem from the West Bank and threatens the possibility of establishing a sovereign Palestinian state. The British Foreign Secretary described this expansion as an unacceptable act that endangers the two-state solution, urging Israel to cease these plans and to resume negotiations.
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