Paris (UNA/WAS) - Fourteen countries, including France, Britain, Canada and Japan, condemned on Wednesday Israel’s recent approval of the establishment of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, calling on the Israeli government to reverse the decision and to stop expanding settlements.
A joint statement issued by the French Foreign Ministry read: “We, the representatives of Germany, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom, condemn the approval by the Israeli government’s Security Cabinet of the establishment of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank.”
The statement added: “We reiterate our opposition to any form of annexation and any expansion of the settlement policy.”
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