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Luxembourg sees EU recognising Palestine if Israel ‘steals’ West Bank


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Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn says Israel’s annexation of parts of occupied West Bank would be “stealing” and would make European Union’s recognition of Palestine as a state “inevitable.”

Luxembourg FM Jean Asselborn says EU should slap economic sanctions or recognise Palestine as a state if Israel does not give up its controversial plan.

The European Union’s recognition of Palestine as a state will become inevitable if Israel moves forward with its controversial plan to annex the occupied West Bank, Luxembourg’s foreign minister said.

Speaking to German weekly Der Spiegel, Jean Asselborn called for a tougher EU stance against the …read more

Source:: The Frontier Post

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