European Council Warns Companies Against Israel's E1 Settlement Construction
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Hamas welcomed the position of the European Council rejecting the expansion of settlement projects in the occupied West Bank, calling for its translation into concrete actions that would pressure the occupying Government to stop its violations in the Gaza Strip, the occupied Bank and Jerusalem.
European Council warns companies against Israel's E1 settlement construction
European Council warns companies against Israel's E1 settlement construction The European Council has warned companies they could face "legal, economic and reputational consequences" if they involve themselves with East 1 (East 1) settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The major intervention on Friday, from the body that determines the European Union's political direction, came just days before the 19 October deadline for bi…
EU leaders meeting in Brussels unanimously condemned the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and called on the Israeli government to withdraw the tender for the construction of housing units in the controversial E1 project.
Hussein Sheikh, Vice-President of the State of Palestine, welcomed the positions of the European Council at its recent summit, which stressed the need to halt settlement expansion, withdraw the construction tender in the "E1" scheme, release Palestinian clearing funds, and ensure humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip. The Sheikh - in a statement by the Palestinian News Agency, "Wafa" - welcomed this position in support of international law and t…
The EU warned companies ahead of the construction of an Israeli settlement that would threaten the creation of a Palestinian state - This would practically cut the West Bank in two, and the possibility of establishing a sustainable Palestinian state would be seriously threatened
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