By IRNA
Berlin : The German government on Monday strongly criticized plans by the criminal Zionist regime to expand settlements in the West Bank and disputed east Jerusalem ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s upcoming visit to the illegal Jewish state.
Talking to the press, foreign ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger lambasted the “unacceptable” Israeli action, saying it would be a “potential danger” for the so-called Mideast process.
He stressed that the expansion of the Israeli settlements “questions the viability of a viable Palestinian state.”
“We demand a settlement construction stop,” Jaeger added, pointing to similar calls by the US and the European Union.
A die-hard ally of the murderous Zionist regime, Germany almost never criticizes Israel.
Merkel is to embark Sunday on an official three-day trip to Israel, marking the 60th anniversary of the creation of the illegal Jewish country.