02/09/2016 (Agence Europe) – The spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) said on Thursday 1 September that the Israeli decision the previous day to endorse 463 additional housing units in the “occupied West Bank” and to approve 179 existing units retroactively in the Ofarim settlement is “a serious concern”. Since the start of this year, Israeli authorities have approved or retroactively legalised 2,706 units in West Bank settlements, the spokesperson said. She...