EU Seeks Talks with Israel over "Red Lines" in West Bank

(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Discussions have been taking place at EU headquarters in Brussels between the ambassadors of the 28 members states over the European response to Israeli moves which an internal EU document describes as creating a "threat to the possibility of the two-state solution." The document defines several of the EU's "red lines" regarding Israeli actions in the West Bank: construction in the Givat Hamatos neighborhood in Jerusalem, construction in the E1 area between Ma'aleh Adumim and Jerusalem, further construction in the Har Homa neighborhood in Jerusalem, plans to relocate 12,000 Bedouin in a new town in the Jordan Valley, and changing the status-quo at the Temple Mount.


2014-10-22 00:00:00

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