EU expresses dismay that Israel is contravening international law and EU wishes in West Bank

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Palestine News Network Thursday, 28 December 2006

The presidency of the European Union issued an urgent statement expressing its “deep concern upon receiving the news that the Israeli government has authorized construction of the settlement of Maskiot in the West Bank.”

The EU wrote that Israeli settlement construction and expansion is “incompatible with the commitments made by Israel to both the European Union and the international community to return to the Road Map.”

The Road Map "is already faltering under the threat of an impossible two-state solution.” The EU pointed out that Israel's actions render “materially impossible two states of Israel and Palestine.”

The EU pointed out that Israel's settlement activity contravenes international law and is “unacceptable, particularly after having received European support for the disengagement process in Gaza.”

The statement also read that “such approval is regrettable as it comes after the long-awaited meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.”

Earth, a planet hungry for peace

Apartheid Wall


The Israeli Land-Grab Apartheid Wall built inside the Palestinian territories, here separating Abu Dis from occupied East Jerusalem. (IPC, 7/4/04).

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in the West Bank, like a Python (Alquds, 1/25/03.

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