The approval of his plans Israel For the construction of settlements in the E1 region, east of Jerusalem “it is unacceptable and is a violation of international law,” they point out in their joint statement. foreign ministers 25 countries including its Greece.
In the joint statement signed by the High Representative EU On foreign policy issues, foreign ministers are also calling on Israel to withdraw colonization planning by stressing that such actions “undermine security and captivate violence”.
Specifically the joint statement signs The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Belgium, France, Denmark, Greece, Estonia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Lithuania, Lithuania Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and Finlandas well as the High Representative of the European Union on foreign security and Vice -Presidents and Vice -Presidents of the European Commission.
The statement is as follows:
“Approval of plans for the construction of settlements in E1, east of Jerusalem, by the Israeli Higher Planning Committee is unacceptable and is a violation of international law.
We condemn this decision and ask in the most categorical way its immediate revocation.
As Minister Smotrich said, this plan will make it impossible to solve the two states, dividing a future Palestinian state and limiting the Palestinian access to Jerusalem. Such actions give no benefit to the Israeli people. On the contrary, they undermine security, impede violence and volatility and remove us from the perspective of peace.
The Israeli government still has the opportunity to stop the continuation of the E1 plan. We encourage her to withdraw it urgently.
Unilateral actions of the Israeli government undermine our common desire for security and prosperity in the Middle East. The Israeli government must end the construction of settlements, according to UN Security Council resolution 2334, and lift the financial restrictions it has imposed on the Palestinian Authority. “