EXPLAINED: NATO Allies Unite Against Israel, US Remains Evasive Over West Bank Violence

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The NATO alliance is showing a growing divide over Israel’s West Bank policies. Why is the US taking a different line from its European allies? What You Need to Know France, Greece, Latvia, the UK and Denmark backed an urgent UN Security Council meeting on escalating violence and instability in the West Bank. European NATO allies raised concerns over settlement expansion, settler violence, demolitions, displacement and the future of the two-state solution. The UK specifically opposed the E1 settlement plan, warning it could divide the West Bank. France warned about what it described as a process of de facto annexation and forced displacement. Greece said developments on the ground risk fundamentally altering the West Bank and eroding the foundations of a two-state solution. Latvia focused on the recurring cycle of violence, saying both military power and armed resistance are fueling instability. Denmark warned that the longer the current trajectory continues, the less realistic a two-

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