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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nadeem Badshah

UK, Canada and Germany condemn Israel for 19 new West Bank settlements

Israeli bulldozers level land at the evacuated settlement of Sanur
Israeli bulldozers level land at the evacuated settlement of Sanur, near the West Bank city of Jenin, on 23 December. Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA

Fourteen countries, including Britain, Canada and Germany, have condemned the Israeli security cabinet’s approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying they violate international law and risk fuelling instability.

Israel approved a proposal last Sunday for the new Jewish settlements, which brings the recent total to 69, according to the far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich.

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