- BRUSSELS: The European Union’s foreign policy chief says Israel’s plan to build 1,100 new housing units in occupied east Jerusalem “should be reversed” since it undermines peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
Catherine Ashton told the EU parliament Tuesday that she heard “with deep regret” that Israeli settlement plans were continuing.
Speaking in Strasbourg, France, Ashton said the expansion of settlements “threatens the viability of an agreed two-state solution” between the two sides, as backed by the EU, the United States, Russia and the United Nations.
“This plan should be reversed,” she said.