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UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada condemn Israel's West Bank settlement project

European countries and Canada pile on pressure over Israel's plans to expand settlements in a strategically vital part of the occupied West Bank.

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Miliband summons top Israeli envoy over 'unacceptable and destructive' settlement project Sky News – World
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Britain said on Wednesday it had summoned Israel’s charge d’affaires and demanded a halt to a major West Bank settlement project after Israeli authorities opened bidding for more than 1 200 homes in the area.

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Miliband summons top Israeli envoy over 'unacceptable and destructive' settlement projectSky News – World
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Miliband summons top Israeli envoy over 'unacceptable and destructive' settlement project

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Israelis return to last West Bank settlement closed over 20 years ago

Israelis began moving into the occupied West Bank settlement of Kadim on Thursday, the local settler council said, the last of four communities from which Israel withdrew more than two decades ago to be repopulated.

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UK summons Israeli envoy over West Bank settlement project

Britain said on Wednesday it had summoned Israel’s charge d’affaires and demanded a halt to a major West Bank settlement project after Israeli authorities opened bidding for more than 1 200 homes in the area.

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