West Bank & Jerusalem
France calls EU to ban trade with Israeli settlements.
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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France urged the European Union on Wednesday to impose a comprehensive trade embargo on Israeli settlements, Shehab Wire reported. The proposal would mirror restrictions the bloc imposed on Crimea-related imports and investments following Russia's 2014 annexation of the peninsula.
The French call represents an escalation of EU policy toward settlement commerce. Currently, the bloc labels settlement products but has stopped short of an outright trade ban. Paris' proposal would expand those restrictions to encompass all economic transactions connected to the settlements, aligning them with the punitive measures applied to Russian-annexed territory.
