Israel is trying to expel Palestinians living in Area C, which is against international law. The EU is just trying to give Palestinians already living in these areas access to basic necessities, like water, electricity and a roof over their heads. Israel is explicitly denying these people access to basic necessities, even though Israel has full civilian jurisdiction over Area C, and is responsible for all civilians there, not only Israelis. According to John Kerry, Israel awarded only a single building permit for Palestinians living in Area C in 2014. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank_Areas_in_the_Oslo_II_Accord) There are around 300.000 Palestinians living in Area C. What the EU is doing isn't remotely illegal, it's humanitarian aid.
Israel clamping down on ‘illegal’ EU building in West Bank
Source: Times of Israel, February 4, 2016
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Asserting that Area C is “part of the occupied Palestinian territory and part of any viable future Palestinian state,” the EU Mission in Israel said the union had stepped in on humanitarian grounds because of Israel’s failure to approve more than a handful of master plans that would allow the Palestinians to build themselves.
All EU activity in the West Bank was “fully in line with international humanitarian law” and formed part of efforts to promote economic development and improve the quality of life of Palestinian communities in Area C in the private sector, the environment and agriculture,” said the statement.
The EU worked with the Palestinian Authority “to develop Area C and support the Palestinian presence there” and consulted with the Israeli authorities “where necessary,” the statement added.
Israel has overall security and administrative responsibility in Area C, the EU Mission went on, but international law also obliges it to protect and facilitate development for the local population and to grant unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance.
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http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-clamping-down-on-illegal-eu-building-in-west-bank/
Regavim is a right-wing extremist organization that tries to evict non-Jews living in areas considered to be Jewish in both Israel and the occupied territories:
Regavim
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Wikipedia
Regavim ( רגבים ) is an Israeli NGO that describes its mission as “to ensure responsible, legal, accountable & environmentally friendly use of Israel’s national lands and the return of the rule of law to all areas and aspects of the land and its preservation”. According to Nicola Perugini and others, the word 'land' here refers to 'Jewish national land,' and by that term Regavim understands the entirety of Israel and the Palestinian territories it occupies, in which Palestinian habitation is considered an illegal takeover.
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Regavim argues that the Jewish people are 'being robbed of the Land of Israel . .ever so quietly without the roar of battle and the clamor of war' Regavim appears to mirror the practices of human rights organizations like Yesh Din, which appeal to the courts on half on Palestinian communities, with the difference that for Regavim, all of Israel and the Palestinian territories is 'national land' and Palestinian habitation is an "illegal overtaking" of that land, it systematically inverts the terms of human rights language, by designating Jewish settlements as legal, and Palestinians under the Israeli occupation as "trespassers" engaged in illegal occupation, settlement, and outpost construction. By using a network of settlers to scout, photograph and report on Palestinian construction, it monitors and then reports on constructions by Palestinians that lack full Israeli legal permits, and prosecutes cases of such construction through the judicial system.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regavim_(NGO)
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