European Union
“It is something that cannot be decided without a court, a court decision first. You cannot say I consider you a terrorist because I don’t like you,” says E.U. foreign policy chief.
The European Union’s drive to help the Palestinian Authority take over Area C is “a violation of international law and treaty,” says Naomi Kahn of the Regavim NGO.
The lawmakers called the efforts to undermine Israeli sovereignty a “grave breach of the relationship between Israel and the European Union.”
“Until now, the E.U. has been on the sidelines.” said MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen, vice chairman of the Delegation for relations with Israel.
A confidential paper composed by the European Union’s mission in eastern Jerusalem contends that the “connecting people, connecting land” principle should be applied to “all interventions in Area C with the overall objective to integrate Area C with Area A and B.”
The program calls for mapping the territory to prove Palestinian rights to the land and monitoring Israeli archaeological activity.
The U.N. ambassadors from Italy, Romania, Slovenia and Moldova withdrew from a group visit when the European Union ordered them not to participate in any Israeli-hosted tour of eastern Jerusalem.
Previous Western engagement with Iran was based on “wishful thinking and naivete,” said Spanish MEP Javier Zarzalejos.
Iranian media reported that the Islamic Republic hung a man in public on Monday after he was convicted of killing two members of the country’s security forces—marking the second execution of people involved in anti-government rallies in Iran in less than a week.
“We are—however—also concerned about the continued tensions and violence on the ground and the continuation of unilateral measures, such as settlement expansion, and the security issues,” said EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.
“The fact of the matter is, there is very little appetite in the Security Council to support this move,” says the CEO of the International Legal Forum.
“Like Washington, we have our own ‘Plan B’ if the talks fail,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.
