This diplomatic move shows there is a change in world-view developing towards Israel.
Most support Israel's right to self-defense, but Israel's extreme politics in recent years is back-firing...
NY Times
ISABEL KERSHNEr
12/4/12
5 European Nations Summon Envoys of Israel
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JERUSALEM — Britain, France, Spain, Sweden and Denmark summoned
the Israeli ambassadors to their countries on Monday to protest Israel’s plans
for increased settlement construction, an unusually sharp diplomatic step
that reflected the growing frustration abroad with Israel’s policies on the Palestinian issue.
After the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly last week to upgrade
the status of the Palestinians at the United Nations, Israel announced plans
for 3,000 more housing units in contested areas of East Jerusalem and around the West Bank.
Israel raised particular alarms with its decision to continue planning and zoning work
for the development of a contentious area known as E1,
a project vehemently opposed internationally because it would partially
separate the northern and southern West Bank, harming the prospects
of a contiguous Palestinian state in that territory.<snip>
Philippe Lalliot, a spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry, said in a statement on Monday,
“Settlement activity is illegal under international law,
hurts the confidence necessary for a return to dialogue and constitutes
an obstacle to a just peace founded on the two-state solution.
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Does anyone remember the events following the "partition of India" ?