What does their joint statement say
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,” the 25 countries’ foreign ministers, including Greece, said in a joint statement. In a joint statement signed by the EU’s High Representative on foreign policy issues, the Foreign Ministry also calls on Israel to withdraw the settlement planning by stressing that such actions “undermine security and impede violence”.
Specifically, the joint statement is signed by the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Belgium, France, Denmark, Greece, Estonia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Cyprus, Latvia Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and Finland, as well as the European Union’s High Representative on Foreign and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, was reported to RES.
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. “