UN, Germany say Israeli settlement plan aimed at ‘burying’ Palestinian state is illegal

Shorouk Express That statement was echoed by Germany’s foreign ministry in a post on X on Friday morning: “We strongly reject the Israeli government’s announcements regarding the approval of thousands of new housing units in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Settlement construction violates international law.” The so-called E1 project had been frozen for decades…

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‘Unacceptable’: Germany rejects von der Leyen’s €1.8 trillion EU budget plan

Shorouk Express The Commission, among other items, presented three new taxes targeting electric waste, tobacco products and high-turnover companies to repay the post-Covid debt, which is estimated to cost €25 to €30 billion per year. “We also do not support the additional taxation of companies proposed by the EU Commission,” Kornelius said in Berlin. “We…

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