Stop demolitions, UN, EU tell Israel

HAIFA: The United Nations and European members of the Security Council on Friday (Saturday in Manila) called on Israel to stop demolitions of Bedouin settlements in the Jordan Valley and for humanitarian access to the community living in Humsa Al-Baqaia.

In a joint statement at the end of a monthly session of the Security Council on the conflict in the Middle East, Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway and Britain said they were “deeply concerned at the recent repeated demolitions and confiscation of items, including of EU- and donor-funded structures carried out by Israeli authorities at Humsa Al-Baqaia in the Jordan Valley.”