Belgium bans imports from Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine
- The move lands as EU foreign ministers remain deadlocked over a bloc-wide ban on illegal settlement tradeBelgium’s federal government has approved a ban on importing goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
- It is the latest among a small but fast-growing group of European countries acting alone on a question still unresolved at EU level.
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- The move lands as EU foreign ministers remain deadlocked over a bloc-wide ban on illegal settlement tradeBelgium’s federal government has approved a ban on importing goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
- It is the latest among a small but fast-growing group of European countries acting alone on a question still unresolved at EU level.
- Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3EU calls on Israel to halt settlement expansion as settlers attack childrenlist 2 of 3Palestine weekly: Israel attacks children, hospitals in bloody week in Gazalist 3 of 3US see
Sources: Al Jazeera