Eu israeli settlements

British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports

“If settlements are illegal, why have we not made an outright ban on trade? What exactly is it that we’re waiting for?” said Abtisam Mohamed, a Labour politician.

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Member of Parliament Abtisam Mohamed looks on on the day Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a ministerial statement on Hamas' October 7 attack anniversary and the Middle East at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, October 7, 2024.
View of the desert near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, January 26, 2021.

EU slams Israel on settlements, Temple Mount after council meeting

The EU-Israel Association Council had met annually since its inception in 2000, but meetings were suspended after 2012 amid Netanyahu's leadership.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
The Palestinian Al Majaz Basic School in Khirbet Al-Majaz in the South Hebron Hills, which is under threat of demolition.

EU calls on Israel not to demolish Palestinian herding villages

Right wing Israeli politicians have argued that the battle political and that Palestinians.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and France's President Emmanuel Macron meet ahead of the 5th World Holocaust Forum, January 22, 2020.

France threatens Israel ties over settlement annexation

An Israeli diplomatic source said that more EU member states opposed Borrell’s remark than came out against any previous EU statement on Israel.

|ByLAHAV HARKOV

EU pulls statement referring to settlement activity on “disputed” land

The statement was re-issued with the land instead being referred to only as being "occupied".

JANUARY 9, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A Jewish settler walks at the Jewish settlement outpost of Adei Ad B in the West Bank

Top EU foreign policy nominee has record of slamming Israel, praising Iran

Jerusalem was not particularly fond of Mogherini, and now, under Borrell, things might actually become more difficult.

JULY 5, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Spain's Foreign Minister Josep Borrell speaks on his mobile phone at the start of a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium July 16, 2018

Fundamentally Freund: The muck of the Irish

Whether Irish parliamentarians or mayors like it or not, Israel and its presence in Judea and Samaria are here to stay.

JULY 15, 2018ByMICHAEL FREUND
Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney speaks during a news conference in Dublin, Ireland, April 12, 2018.

Did Israel's right-wing leadership accept settlement boycott?

Public and private bodies in Israel and the Palestinian Authority are eligible to receive grants for projects if the meet the EU-funded NGO's criteria.

JANUARY 2, 2018ByCHARLES BYBELEZER/THE MEDIA LINE
Education Minister Naftali Bennett briefs foreign diplomats ahead of the UNGA vote on Trump's Jerusalem move

Security Council members, EU condemn Israeli settlement activity

The European Union issued an official statement on Israel's settlement activity.

OCTOBER 18, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Former Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, Deputy Defense Minister Eli Dahan and former Settler leader Avi Ro'eh at the site of the new Amihai settlement when it was being built in October 2017.

When will a formal EU-Israel dialogue take place?

Israel has a status akin to a member-state within the EU, enjoying strong economic, educational, scientific and cultural ties.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linus Linkevicius in Jerusalem

EU demands Israel rebuild illegal Palestinian school structures

In their statement, the EU also urged Israel to halt settlement construction, while encouraging the rebuilding of illegal Palestinian schools.

AUGUST 25, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinian schoolchildren play outside a tent where they attend lessons after Israeli troops razed their school building in the West Bank village of Jubbet ad-Dib, near Bethlehem August 24, 2017

Report: Jerusalem construction freeze to halt plans for 6,000 housing units

"De facto freeze" would affect Gilo, Har Homa and Pisgat Zeev.

JUNE 19, 2017ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
A laborer works on an apartment building under construction in the Har Homa quarter in Jerusalem

French envoy: Int'l community wondering if it can trust Israel

Helene Le Gal condemns Settlements Bill, denouncing it as a unilateral decision made by Israel that serves as yet another roadblock to the two-state solution.

FEBRUARY 8, 2017ByBECKY BROTHMAN, TOVAH LAZAROFF
A girl holds an Israeli flag on a hilltop near the Maaleh Adumim settlement

Britain, Balkan countries block EU from adopting Paris declaration

Move seen as attempt to get off on ‘right foot’ with Trump

JANUARY 16, 2017ByHERB KEINON
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