This week, 28 EU foreign ministers jointly expressed their "strong opposition to Israel's settlement policy and actions taken in this context, such as building the separation barrier beyond the 1967 line, demolitions and confiscation - including of EU-funded projects - evictions, forced transfers, illegal outposts, settler violence and restrictions of movement and access."
In addition to calling upon the government to cancel the plans to demolish the homes in Sussiya, they also condemned the Interior Ministry's plan to forcibly remove the unrecognised Bedouin village of Abu Nwar in the Negev Desert.
The international campaign is coming at a very delicate time for the government, which has tried to reduce diplomatic tension over the settlements in order to focus attention on the Iranian nuclear agreement.
The unofficial, de-facto "freeze" on authorisation for new settlements has already caused a right-wing backlash against the government, with two members of the Tekuma faction in Jewish Home threatening not to vote with the government.
In an attempt to calm the tension, last week the Defence Ministry authorised the construction of 906 new housing units in Beit El in the West Bank.
