EU countries confront Israel on latest land-grab

European members of the UN Security Council (UK, France, Germany and Portugal) demanded in December 2011 that Israel immediately halt its continued construction of settlements in occupied Palestinian territories and condemned growing violence by Israeli settlers.

• Primary Source

Deutsche Welle, 20.12.11: EU nations condemn Israeli settlements http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15617083,00.html

EU: EEAS: Israel and the European Union http://eeas.europa.eu/israel/index_en.htm

European Union: EEAS: Press Release, A524/11: Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on plans to construct 1000 housing units in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/127069.pdf

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