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The Hungarian foreign minister is said to have informed E.U. member states that his country will veto any attempt to issue a joint statement on the legality of Israeli settlements.
“All settlement activity is illegal under international law” and damages peace efforts, says E.U. representative Federica Mogherini shortly after Washington announces its policy shift on Judea and Samaria.
Iranian Guardian Council member Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei tells AP that a full Iranian withdrawal is “natural, logical.”
“The weaponization of E.U. consumer protection law will complicate finding an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, which can only succeed in the diplomatic—not the judicial—arena,” said Daniel Schwammenthal, director of the American Jewish Committee’s Transatlantic Institute.
“The winery is proud of its contribution to combating this decision and intends to continue the struggle,” CEO of Psagot Winery Yaakov Berg tells JNS.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accuses the European Union of “procrastinating” after foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini warns Iran that it faces sanctions for violations of the 2015 accord.
Europe’s commitment to the deal depends on “full compliance” by Iran E.U. says after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announces resumption of fuel enrichment at Fordow.
Citing 80 examples of BDS supporters using anti-Semitic content to isolate the Jewish state, Israeli and U.S. representatives call on the European Union to cut funding to pro-boycott entities.
Motivated primarily by its own commercial interests, France is choosing to ignore the words and actions of Iran’s IRGC, and instead blindly trust Tehran’s “moderate” leadership.
“What is existing needs to be preserved,” said European Union foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini.
He has had warm ties with the British Jewish community and Israel stemming from his time as mayor of London, and later, as foreign secretary under former Prime Minister Theresa May.
In a letter to the parliament president, Israel’s minister of strategic affairs expressed his “dismay” that Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine member Khaled Barakat was invited to speak.
