The European Union warned that Israel's announcements that it will build thousands of new settler homes in occupied Palestinian territory "further seriously undermine" prospects for a two-State solution.
Israel said yesterday that it had approved 2,500 news homes in the occupied West Bank days after it gave the go-ahead for 566 new units in east Jerusalem in a major expansion following the election of US President Donald Trump.
The twin announcements "further seriously undermine the prospects for a viable two-State solution," the EU's foreign policy arm said in a statement.