European governments call on Israel to stop settlement expansion

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2026-05-22

Berlin (dpa) - Four European countries on Friday sharply criticized Israel's planned expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank and called on Israel to end settlement expansion. "International law is clear: Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal," the governments of Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom said in a joint statement "on the situation in the West Bank." The statement mentioned the so-called E1 area located be......

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