US EditionMerz Says Israel's West Bank Settlement Plan a 'Big Mistake'
The E1 project authorizes about 3,400 housing units and is part of a 2025 surge in settlement expansion that threatens the two-state solution, German officials say.
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Merz says Israel's West Bank settlement plan a 'big mistake'
Berlin has called for a unified European response to the "E1 project," which some officials warn poses an "existential threat" to the future of the two-state solution. Israel disputes this and maintains that the status of settlements is a matter of negotiations.
Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke critically about the Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank. The currently discussed steps were a mistake that would make a two-state solution more difficult.
The German Chancellor described the developments as "Annexion efforts" and called on Israel to stop the construction of settlements.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on Israel to abandon any plans to annex territory in the West Bank, while once again criticizing the US and Israeli planning regarding the development of the war against Iran. “The annexation steps being discussed in Jerusalem will further complicate the two-state solution there,” Merz said. “The German government urgently calls for such steps to be avoided regarding the so-called E1 area. That would be a ser…
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