The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, said on Sunday 15 November that he was “deeply worried” by the Israeli authorities’ decision to open the bidding process for the construction of 1,257 housing units for an entirely new settlement at Givat Hamatos, and he called upon the authorities to reverse their decision.
According to the High Representative, this new settlement is at a “key location” between Jerusalem and Bethlehem in...