US EditionIsrael Urges EU Chief to Drop Proposed Sanctions over Gaza War
The European Commission plans to sanction violent settlers and extremist ministers, suspend trade parts of the EU-Israel agreement, and halt bilateral payments to pressure Israel amid Gaza conflict.
- On September 16, Israel called on the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to retract a plan aimed at restricting trade relations as part of efforts to pressure Israel to end the conflict in Gaza.
- The proposal, announced last week in von der Leyen's State of the Union speech, would suspend bilateral payments and impose sanctions targeting extremist ministers and violent settlers.
- The EU Commission plans to formally propose these measures on Wednesday, pending approval by national governments amid differing support among member states.
- Belgium’s head of government expressed strong backing for the EU’s sanctions targeting Israel, viewing them as essential to applying pressure on Tel Aviv, and also reiterated his commitment to a two-state solution.
- If approved, the sanctions would freeze about $7 million in annual aid and suspend $14 million in ongoing payments, while preserving ties with civil groups and Holocaust remembrance.
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Israel has written an angry letter to EU leader Ursula von der Leyen, criticizing the Brussels plan to impose sanctions on the Gaza war. The EU is blinded by terrorists ... To want to expose certain trade advantages to Israeli action in the Gaza Strip is "unproportionally" and "unprecedented," Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote to the President of the Commission. Such a proposal has never been implemented in the case of other countries,…
European Commission President Suggests Trade Suspension with Israel - Real News Now
During her recent State of the Union discourse, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, suggested a suspension of certain trade facets with Israel. The European Union has been inching towards a firmer stance against Israel’s government, and any wavering on Germany’s parts would have significant implications. The thought of pausing the trade elements of the European Union’s Association Agreement with Israel is not a sudden…
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Get behind EU plan to sanction Israeli trade, Kallas urges member states
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is urging EU member states to support proposals to suspend the trade part of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. The European Commission has published an option paper for the EU to reimpose duties on EU-Israel trade in response to Israel’s assault on Gaza.
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JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday (Sep 16) urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to withdraw a proposal that would curb trade ties in a bid to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza."Pressure through sanctions will not work," Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote in a letter to Von der Leyen.
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