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Posted at 14:2314:23
Sofia Bettiza
Reporting from Brussels
The European Union's foreign policy chief has condemned plans by the Israeli government to allocate new money for expanding settlements in the West Bank.
"I’m appalled to learn that in the middle of a war, the Israeli government is poised to commit new funds to build more illegal settlements,” Josep Borrell said earlier. More on the situation with settlements in the West Bank here.
Borrell said "violence spread by extremist settlers in the West Bank" - who he described as being been protected by Israeli police and military - will "not make Israel safer".
And he described the settlements as the country's "greatest security liability".
This is quite strong language from the EU’s top diplomat, given it is an institution which usually opts for more diplomatic language and prefers to leave tough political statements to individual member states.
Borrell also condemned what he described as the “disproportionate” killing of civilians in Gaza.
“The suffering of the civilian population of Gaza, depriving them of basic needs, the highly disproportionate death toll, including more than 5,000 Palestinian children, and turning half of Gaza into rubble. Most of the public opinion around the world considers it unacceptable."
Strong language from EU as it condemns Israel's plans for new settlements
Sofia Bettiza
Reporting from Brussels
The European Union's foreign policy chief has condemned plans by the Israeli government to allocate new money for expanding settlements in the West Bank.
"I’m appalled to learn that in the middle of a war, the Israeli government is poised to commit new funds to build more illegal settlements,” Josep Borrell said earlier. More on the situation with settlements in the West Bank here.
Borrell said "violence spread by extremist settlers in the West Bank" - who he described as being been protected by Israeli police and military - will "not make Israel safer".
And he described the settlements as the country's "greatest security liability".
This is quite strong language from the EU’s top diplomat, given it is an institution which usually opts for more diplomatic language and prefers to leave tough political statements to individual member states.
Borrell also condemned what he described as the “disproportionate” killing of civilians in Gaza.
“The suffering of the civilian population of Gaza, depriving them of basic needs, the highly disproportionate death toll, including more than 5,000 Palestinian children, and turning half of Gaza into rubble. Most of the public opinion around the world considers it unacceptable."