Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

World

The EU doubles down on criticism of Israeli settlements in the West Bank: “They are illegal under international law”

La jefa de la diplomacia europea, Kaja Kallas, exige al Gobierno de Netanyahu que detenga los planes para construir la estratégica colonia E1, que imposibilitaría la creación de un Estado palestino

Translated from Spanish Read in Spanish

The EU doubles down on criticism of Israeli settlements in the West Bank: “They are illegal under international law”

The European Union has condemned Israel's plans to further develop the E1 settlement, which would split the West Bank and separate it from Jerusalem, making a Palestinian state almost impossible. Over a dozen European countries have expressed their rejection of the plans this week. EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has stepped up criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement policies.

Written by urgent.news from El Pais's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

Read the original at elpais.com →

More in World

More from Sunday 23 August →