23.12.2011 27.Kislev. 5772 Channuka 3
EU-Protest:
EU voices protest over Israeli policies in East Jerusalem, West Bank
EU Ambassador tells foreign ministry EU concerned evacuation and demolition is part plan to expand Ma'aleh Adumim in the E1 area and asked for clarifications.
A day after the four European Union members of the UN Security Council strongly criticized Israel's decision to speed up construction of settlements, tension between the parties appears to be rising.
EU Ambassador to Israel Andrew Standley on Thursday submitted a formal protest to the Foreign Ministry over evacuating Bedouins and tearing down Palestinians' houses in the E1 area near the West Bank settlement Ma'aleh Adumim….