German FM voices 'serious concerns' over Israeli annexation planGermany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Berlin and its European partners have "serious concerns" over Israel's plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Speaking in Jerusalem, Maas expressed "our honest and serious concerns... about the possible consequences of such a step". "I don't think much of the politics of issuing threats at a stage when no decision has been taken yet" by Israel, Maas said. Israeli annexation forms part of the US peace plan Trump unveiled in January, which paves the way for the eventual creation of a Palestinian state. Last month, Jordan's King Abdullah II told German magazine Der Spiegel that Israeli annexation risked sparking a "conflict" with his country.

Source: Bangkok Post June 10, 2020 20:46 UTC