#Israel-EU row erupts over illegal settlement expansion
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/18266
Israel called in European ambassadors in a tit-for-tat move Friday after four #EU states lodged formal protests against the right-wing government’s drive to expand #illegal_settlements in the occupied West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the European Union of a “hypocritical” attitude toward the Middle East process, saying it should be “more concerned by Palestinian militancy than Israeli housing construction.” read more