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France criticizes Israel's plan to build in east Jerusalem

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 2, 2014 23:07

France called on Israel on Thursday to drop plans for new settlements in east Jerusalem, joining the United States and Berlin in criticism of the move.

"We condemn the Israeli authorities decision to build 2,610 homes in Givat Hamatos," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement, adding that it would be the first new colony in east Jerusalem in 15 years.

"We urgently call on the Israeli authorities to reverse this decision," he said.

Fabius said the settlements threatened a "two-state solution," meaning an independent and democratic Palestinian state living alongside Israel.

"One cannot claim to support a solution and at the same time do things against it without consequences being drawn, including at the European Union level," Fabius said without elaborating.

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