EU should treat Israeli settlements like Russian-occupied Crimea, says bloc’s top diplomat
- The European Union should treat illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank the same way Crimea was treated after Russia invaded the Ukrainian peninsula, the union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said.
- In an interview with The Irish Times, Kallas said European governments should take a similar “principled stance” and back an EU-wide ban cutting off trade coming from Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories.
- Europe would not be taken seriously as long as it remained divided and unable to agree on a response to the actions of Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s gove
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- The European Union should treat illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank the same way Crimea was treated after Russia invaded the Ukrainian peninsula, the union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said.
- In an interview with The Irish Times, Kallas said European governments should take a similar “principled stance” and back an EU-wide ban cutting off trade coming from Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories.
- Europe would not be taken seriously as long as it remained divided and unable to agree on a response to the actions of Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s gove
Sources: Irishtimes