Germany needs to dam new Israeli settlements within the West Bank | EUROtoday

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Germany doesn’t just like the Israeli acceleration of the E1 challenge within the West Bank. Yesterday a spokesperson for the German Foreign Ministry denounced the danger of accelerating instability within the occupied territories and requested Israel to dam the challenge. The German stress comes within the aftermath of the tender introduced by the Ministry of Construction and Housing for the development of the three,401 housing items that may begin from East Jerusalem, dividing the West Bank in two and compromising the territorial continuity of the long run Palestinian state.

The plan, says the Israeli NGO Ir Amim (City of Peoples), raises “serious concerns about a large-scale expulsion of vulnerable Palestinian communities in the area, due to Israeli plans to annex and close the area to Palestinians”. Meanwhile, tensions proceed within the occupied territories. As reported by the Wafa company, a number of settlers set hearth to a center college classroom within the village of Jalud, south of Nablus and set hearth to 5 autos within the village of Bazariya. According to the UN, from 7 October 23 to 13 November 2025, Israeli forces and settlers killed a minimum of 1,017 Palestinians, together with 221 youngsters.

The state of affairs in Gaza stays troublesome, the place yesterday rain and wind put refugees camped in tents in problem and there’s a lack of meals, fundamental requirements and medical merchandise. Yesterday the IDF mentioned it had eradicated six Hamas members on Thursday. Since the start of the truce there have been 439 victims (71,409 because the starting of the battle), and 1,223 wounded (171,304 since October 2023).

But the work to proceed to section two continues. Yesterday, the previous UN envoy for the Middle East and possible subsequent consultant of the Board of Peace foreseen by the settlement, met the Palestinian vice chairman Hussein Al-Sheikh in Ramallah (the day after the assembly with Netanyahu).

Egypt additionally insists on the acceleration of section two, which in a phone dialog between the Foreign Minister and the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, urged European involvement and requested for higher stress on Israel to “ensure the supply of sufficient humanitarian, relief and medical aid and contribute to creating an environment conducive to rapid recovery and reconstruction”.