The Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, ratified the military plan to take Gaza and, at the same time, ordered to start negotiations for a truce.
“We are in the decision -making phase. I arrived today at the Gaza Division to approve the plans that the Defense Forces presented to me and the Minister of Defense to take the city of Gaza and defeat Hamas,” said the president during his visit to the division of the Israeli army.
“At the same time, I ordered to initiate immediate negotiations for the liberation of all our hostages and for the end of war in acceptable terms for Israel,” he added. “These two goals – give Hamas and free all our hostages – go hand in hand”
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Countries and the EU urgently urgently urgently removed its settlement plan E1
The Foreign Ministers from 21 countries, including Spain, as well as the high representative of the European Union (EU), issued a joint statement on Thursday in which they urged the Israeli government to “urgently withdraw their E1 settlement construction plan next to Jerusalem East, approved this week.
“The decision of the Superior Committee for Planning of Israel to approve the plans for the construction of settlements in zone E1, east of Jerusalem, is unacceptable and a violation of international law,” said the heads of diplomacy signing in the text released by the British government.
“We condemn this decision and ask for its immediate revocation in the most energetic terms,” added the High EU representative for foreign affairs, Kaja Kallas, together with the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Istandia, Italy, Japan, Lasty, Lasty Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom and Sweden.
The approved plan projects the construction of 3,410 homes in the area known as E1, a land of 1,200 hectares east of Jerusalem inhabited by several Palestinian Beduine communities, as part of the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, with 40 thousand inhabitants and considered illegal by international law.
“This does not benefit the Israeli people at all. On the contrary, it runs the risk of undermining security and promoting violence and instability, further moving away from peace,” said the twenty of countries and signatory institutions.
“The Israel government still has the opportunity to prevent the plan E1 from moving forward. We urge you to urgently withdraw it2, they added.
With EFE information
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