Israeli leaders slam as one-sided EU
condemnation of settlements
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman
asked where the Europeans were when Hamas leaders called for Israel’s
destruction over the weekend. Why weren’t Palestinian envoys in their capitals
summoned for explanations? Netanyahu: the Palestinians can avoid negotiations
with Israel because the international community exacts no price for Palestinian
“rejectionism.” He challenged as “not true” the EU ministers’ charge that
building in the E1 corridor linking Maaleh Adummim to Jerusalem blocked the
two-state solution.
The European ministers meeting in Brussels Monday night
called for full implementation of existing EU legislations and bilateral
arrangements applicable to settlement products from the West Bank and
Golan.
They were “deeply dismayed by and strongly oppose Israeli plans to
expand settlements in the West Bank, including in east Jerusalem, and in
particular plans to develop the E1 area."
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