Settlement committee rubber stamps 3,400 housing units, which finance minister says will leave 'hypocritical leaders in Europe with nothing to recognise'

Tánaiste @SimonHarrisTD has joined 21 counterparts from Europe and globally in condemning plans for settlement construction in the E1 area of the West Bank. These plans are a violation of international law & a fundamental threat to the two-state solution – they must be reversed. pic.twitter.com/FTmIbDZbEv

Foreign ministers of 21 countries issued a statement urging the “immediate reversal” of the Israeli government plan to build new settlements.