EU countries have declined to criticise Israel's surge in settlement building amid US efforts to resume peace talks.
The bloc's foreign affairs chief, Catherine Ashton, told press after meeting with foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday (23 June): "We … reaffirmed our commitment to the two state solution and our full support for the current efforts of the US in support of the resumption of direct and substantial negotiations."
Referring to an EU statement on settlements in May...
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