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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nino Bucci

Albanese joins coalition of nations calling for an end to Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank

Western leaders have called for an end to the construction of Israeli settlements they say breach international law.
Western leaders have called for an end to the construction of Israeli settlements they say breach international law. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

The Israeli government is undermining stability in the West Bank as settler violence reaches unprecedented levels, a coalition of western countries says, as its leaders call for an end to construction of Israeli settlements it says breach international law.

In a joint statement issued on Friday, Anthony Albanese and the leaders of the UK, Italy, France, Germany, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands and New Zealand said:

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