The authorities of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett earlier this week printed speedy tenders for greater than 1,300 housing items to be constructed in the West Bank, the place additionally it is pushing plans for an extra 3,000 houses for Jewish settlers there.
Under worldwide regulation, each the West Bank and East Jerusalem are thought of occupied territory and settlements there unlawful, which Israel disputes.
On Thursday, twelve European international locations urged Israel to "reverse its decision" in a joint assertion.
"We urge the Government of Israel to reverse its decision to advance plans for the construction of around 3,000 settlement units in the West Bank. We reiterate our strong opposition to its policy of settlement expansion across the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which violates international law and undermines efforts for the two-state solution," learn the assertion from the international ministries of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and Sweden.
James Cleverly, the UK's Minister for the Middle East and North Africa echoed the sentiment in a separate assertion, including that "settlements are illegal under international law and present an obstacle to peace and stability."
The Israeli announcement had already drawn the ire of the US State Department, with spokesman Ned Price criticizing the transfer on Tuesday as "completely inconsistent with efforts to lower tensions and to ensure calm."
The Biden administration "strongly oppose[s] the expansion of settlements," Price mentioned.
The transfer is more likely to put a recent wrinkle in relations between the Biden administration and the Bennett authorities, although Israel hopes to assuage tensions quickly with an anticipated determination to green-light multiple thousand new houses for Palestinians in the West Bank.
The timing of the announcement can also be being criticized at residence by left and center-left events in Israel's governing coalition, one other signal of strains in Bennett's authorities.
According to Israeli settlement monitoring group Peace Now, there are greater than 270 settlements in the West Bank and no less than 450,000 Israelis dwelling there.
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