Sweden also urges israel to immediately end all of its' illegal settlement building - 372,000 Dollars/Illegal Settler!
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:53:12 GMT
Israel has decided to give settlers in the 'national
priority zones' access to millions of dollars worth of funds.
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The EU has denounced Israel's listing of some West Bank
settlements as special zones, saying the move is against the
spirit of a freeze on settlement expansions.
"The European Union expresses its disapproval of the
decision of the government of Israel on December 13 to
include settlements in the 'National Priority Areas
program'," the European bloc said in a Friday statement.
"The decision runs counter to the spirit of the settlement
freeze," said the statement released by Sweden, which
currently holds the rotating EU presidency.
The decision announced on Sunday offers the communities
designated as "national priority zones" some 41 million
dollars (28 million euros) worth of credit which will
benefit 110,000 settlers and can be used for vocational
training, education or cultural activities.
The move is generally viewed as a gesture to mellow
settlers' furor at a partial 10-month freeze on settlement
expansions in the West Bank after months of international
pressure for a full and permanent halt on all Israeli
construction activity in the occupied territory.
However, the concession faced sharp criticism from the
European Union for preventing "an atmosphere conducive to
resuming negotiations on a two-state solution."
"The European Union encourages Israel instead to continue
along the path set forth by the moratorium," the Friday
statement added.
Sweden also reiterated the European bloc's opposition
against the Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land
as "illegal under international law," and urged Israel to
immediately end all settlement activities.
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