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Poland and EU condemn Israeli settlement expansion in West Bank

Poland and the European Union have condemned Israel's decision to legalize five settlement outposts and authorize thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli settlers in Hebron, West Bank. Photo: Mamoun Wazwaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.

Polish Foreign Ministry condemns Israeli expansion of West Bank settlements

Last week, Israel announced its intention to seize around 800 hectares of land in the Jordan Valley within the West Bank.

Armed Israeli settler in West Bank (L) and Palestinian Hamas militants (R). Photos: MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES; Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

EU diplomats agree on sanctions on Hamas and violent Israeli settlers in West Bank

European Union foreign ministers agreed in principle on Monday to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers for attacking Palestinians in the West Bank, and to add further sanctions on members of the Palestinian Islamist terror group Hamas.

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New Israeli settlements in West Bank ‘inconsistent’ with int’l law: Blinken

Israel’s expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank were inconsistent with international law, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday, signaling a return to long-standing U.S. policy on the issue, which had been reversed by the previous administration of Donald Trump.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images.

Israeli PM Netanyahu presents first official plan for post-war Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented a “day after” plan for Gaza, his first official proposal for when the war in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory ends.