Britain 'Deplores’ Israeli Claim of West Bank Land

The British government says Israel's expropriation of a large swath of land inside the occupied West Bank would "do serious damage to Israel’s standing in the international community." On Sunday, Israel laid claim to about 400 hectares in the area of Gush Etzion near Bethlehem in what critics say is Israel’s biggest land grab in at least 30 years. "The U.K. deplores the Israeli government's move," British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said, adding that...

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