On Thursday, 7 March, the European Union condemned the Israeli High [Planning] Committee’s approving, the previous day, plans to build more than 3,426 housing units in the settlements of Ma’ale Adumim, Efrat, and Kedar—“further expanding illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank”—and urged Israel to reverse these decisions.
“[S]ettlements are illegal under international law and constitute an obstacle to peace, as they threaten the two-state solution”, stressed the...