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    Dutch MPs vote against Palestinian state recognition amid government fallout over Israel

    Dutch MPs vote against Palestinian state recognition amid government fallout over Israel

    Shorouk Express Veldkamp’s colleagues from the centrist New Social Contract (NSC) party also resigned on Friday. Their departure put additional pressure on the already weak Dutch government, which collapsed in June after Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) left the coalition over a dispute about the country’s migration policy. A majority of MPs backed a call…

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

    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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