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Posted on August 14, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleUK's David Lammy urges Israel to halt E1 settlement plans, citing breach of international law and impact on a future Palestinian state.
LONDON (Reuters) -British foreign minister David Lammy said Israeli plans to develop a settlement that would divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem marked a breach of international law and must be stopped immediately.
"The UK strongly opposes the Israeli government's E1 settlement plans, which would divide a future Palestinian state in two and mark a flagrant breach of international law. The plans must be stopped now," Lammy said in an emailed statement.
(Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar and William James)
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