Charlie Flanagan says the move represents a serious threat to the viability of the two-State solution – to which Ireland is fully committed.
400 hectares of land are being taken over – in the largest seizure of its kind by Israel for 30 years – in retaliation for the killing of 3 Jewish teenagers earlier this year.
Their deaths were one of the factors behind a seven week conflict – which came to an end just last week.
The London Independent's Middle East Correspondent – Robert Fisk – says the latest developments have been criticised, but it's having little effect:
