Germany frets over Israel settlements before visit
China Daily | Updated: 2009-11-24 08:06
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A Palestinian boy attends a protest in Gaza City calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails yesterday. Speculation has been mounting that a deal to free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners might be concluded by the end of this month. But sources on both sides have said there was no certainty of finalising a deal by then. Reuters |
BERLIN: Germany yesterday criticized Israeli plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, in unusually explicit terms a week before the two countries' leaders meet in Berlin.
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