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Germany criticizes Israel's West Bank plan as step to 'de facto annexation'

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11-02-2026 | 08:27

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Germany criticizes Israel's West Bank plan as step to 'de facto annexation'

Germany on Wednesday criticized Israeli plans to tighten control over the occupied West Bank as "a further step towards de facto annexation," as international anger mounts over the move.

"Israel remains an occupying power in the West Bank, and as an occupying power it is a violation of international law to build settlements, including transferring certain administrative functions to civilian Israeli authorities," a German foreign ministry spokesman said in Berlin.

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