Germany tells Israeli government to stop West Bank settlement construction

Berlin (Reuters) -Sermany said the Israeli government will start a plan for thousands of homes that will divide the Israeli government of Israel’s extreme right finance minister Palestinian territory.

An Foreign Ministry spokesman, Germany, the Israeli government in the West Bank in the Israeli settlements in the settlements of thousands of new housing units rejects the announcements of the approval of thousands of new, “he said.

Sözcü, “E1” settlement and Maale Adumim’s expansion, the Palestinian population in the West Bank will further restrict the mobility and the region will restrict the region by cutting from East Jerusalem, he said.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a statement on Thursday, a long -delayed settlement, which is a move, a move that his office would “bury” the idea of the Palestinian state.

Smotrich’s spokesman said the minister approved the plan to build 3,401 houses for Israeli settlers between the West Bank and an existing settlement in Jerusalem.

Germany has repeatedly warned the Israeli government to stop the construction of settlements violating the decisions of the International Law and UN Security Council in the West Bank.

The spokesman said that such movements complicated the steps towards a two -state solution to a negotiated solution and put an end to the Israeli occupation.

(Writing by Miranda Murray, editing by Rachel)