Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet leader Mohammad Shtayyeh welcomed the European Union’s condemnation of Israeli plans to build 1,300 housing units for Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.
In a press statement quoted by the Xinhua news agency, Shtayyeh called on both Europe and the United States "to take firm positions to stop Israeli settlement expansion in the Palestinian territories and to protect the principle of the two-state solution."
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