West Bank: 15 EU countries, Israel to stop 4 thousand homes

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 13 - Fifteen European countries, including Italy, France, Germany, ask Israel to reconsider a project to build more than 4,000 houses in the West Bank.

    "We are deeply concerned by the decision of the Israeli Planning Council to put forward plans for the construction of more than 4,000 housing units in the West Bank.

   We call on the Israeli authorities to reverse this decision," the foreign ministers of the fifteen countries wrote in a joint statement, asking the Israelis. " not to proceed with the planned demolitions or expulsions, in particular in Masafer Yatta ".

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