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BRUSSELS, April 18 (KUNA) -- EU High Representative Catherine Ashton has followed "with concern the recent events in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, which are not conducive to the climate of trust and cooperation needed for the current peace negotiations to succeed," her spokesman Michael Mann said in a statement Friday.
"The High Representative also sees with great concern the recent announcement that nearly one square kilometre near the Gush Etzion settlement has been declared as "state land" by the Israeli Defence Ministry, that the latter has authorized a new settlement In Hebron, that demolitions of Palestinian property are continuing in Area C and East Jerusalem with resulting displacement of vulnerable populations," it said.
Ashton also deplores in particular the recent confiscation of EU Humanitarian Assistance provided to vulnerable civilians In the Jabal Al Baba Community and she calls on the Israeli authorities to reverse these decisions, it added. (end)
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