1/5 Ahead of Monday's Foreign Affairs Council: the new CIDSE–EuMEP proposal lays out exactly how the EU can end trade with illegal Israeli settlements. 🔗 www.cidse.org/2026/07/09/h... 🧵

How the EU Can End Trade with Illegal Israeli Settlements

A new CIDSE–EuMEP proposal shows the EU has the legal obligation and the tools to end trade with illegal Israeli settlements. PROPOSAL CIDSE and EuMEP have developed a detailed proposal to end...

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My commentary together with Muriel Asseburg of @swp-berlin.org on why Germany should not oppose but actually support an international-law based EU ban on trade with Israel's illegal settlements www.ipg-journal.de/rubriken/aus...

Weg frei für den Importstopp

Die EU hält Israels Siedlungen für völkerrechtswidrig – importiert deren Produkte aber weiter. Deutschland sollte umsteuern.

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🚨As EU Commission puts out options to restrict trade with Israel's illegal settlements, we are today releasing our full proposal to ban such trade We show how the EU can concretely design & implement it – and why it's legally necessary By my org EuMEP & @cidse.bsky.social eumep.org/wp-content/u...

On the West Bank occupation turned into annexation. Illegal settlements, literally making it unlivable for Palestinians or forcibly displaced them. Enough condemnations but never consequences or real pressure. Together with colleagues @catarina-europe.bsky.social en @tinekestrik.bsky.social…

Spoke to @euronews.com podcast on Gaza and Trump's Board of Peace, alongside @lisamusiol.bsky.social www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Podcast: Israel opens Rafah crossing: What does this mean for Gaza?

Buses have been slowly bringing Palestinians in and out of the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing, which had been closed since May 2024. What does this mean for the Israel–Hamas ceasefire pl...

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Europe's response to a flawed, lopsided, deceitful US plan for Gaza vs. Europe's response to a flawed, lopsided, deceitful US plan for Ukraine

Should the EU Seek a Seat on Trump's Gaza Board of Peace? With my two cents alongside others

Carnegie Europe@carnegieeurope.bsky.social · 10mo ago

❔| #TTP: Should the EU Seek a Seat on Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace? Despite holding significant leverage, the EU remains sidelined in ongoing diplomacy around the Gaza peace plan. How can the union overcome internal divisions to take a more active role? carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...

Journalist: You've said Russia should repay for reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you believe Israel should repay for reconstruction of Gaza, since they destroyed almost the entire strip & civilian infrastructure? EU chief spox: It’s an interesting question, on which I have no comment at this stage.

Important move by the Commission & VDL. But one measure missing in the package is to ban trade with Israel's illegal settlements. While 5 member states are already moving to do so at national level. And while the EU could also do so as a trade measure by qualified majority.

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 11mo ago

Today we propose to sanction extremist ministers and violent settlers, and suspend trade concessions with Israel. And put bilateral support to Israel on hold, without affecting our work with Israeli civil society or Yad Vashem. link.europa.eu/nx3DrG

I talked to @martinkonecny.bsky.social about the Israel- EU Association Agreement and the divided EU, which is unable to pressure the Israeli government ‪via its trade and research connections. nepszava.hu/3292930_mego...

Megosztott az EU Izrael ügyében, pedig lenne lehetősége nyomást gyakorolni Benjamin Netanjahu kormányára

Szakértők szerint Izrael megsérti az EU és Izrael közötti egyezményt, mert nem tartja be az emberi jogi kötelezettségeit, ezért az Uniónak már régen lépnie kellett volna, de erre egyelőre esély sincs.

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This is an overly positive take on the EU-Israel Gaza aid deal👇 Several points to make here:🧵 1. If this brings more aid to the starving Gazans through UN mechanisms - and I strongly hope it will - then it's a win that will save lives. But:

Henry Foy@henryjfoy.ft.com · last yr.

For months, EU capitals on both sides of the bloc's Israel-Palestine divide have been privately attacking chief diplomat @kajakallas.bsky.social for her strategy towards the conflict. Yesterday she agreed a Gaza aid deal with Israel that has silenced those critics on.ft.com/4lQJuQd

Comment Bart De Wever compte-t-il "améliorer la situation humanitaire" à #Gaza sans suspension de l'Accord d'association ou sanctions contre #Israël? Les condamnations 🇪🇺 n'ont jamais rien donné. Le Conseil d'association UE-Israël n'a rien donné. On attend sa recette miracle. #SuspendtheDeal

Pour Bart De Wever, l’accord d’association UE-Israël n’a « pas grand-chose à voir » avec la situation humanitaire à Gaza

C’est ce qu’a affirmé le Premier ministre à son arrivée à Bruxelles pour un sommet européen. Il a déploré une situation humanitaire « inacceptable » dans le territoire palestinien.

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EU foreign ministers & ⁦‪@kajakallas.bsky.social‬⁩ this Monday: Let's park the discussion on any EU measures of pressure on Israel despite its breach of the Association Agreement, our first focus should be on dialogue with Israel to help get humanitarian aid into Gaza. Israel:

Coalition of NGOs challenging @ec.europa.eu and @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social for continuing to treat Israel as an "adequate" country for unrestricted transfers of EU personal data despite escalating human rights violations and disregard for international law

Access Now@accessnow.org · last yr.

A year of silence. We’ve once again joined @EDRi and 17 NGOs urging the EU Commission and Michael McGrath to reassess the EU-Israel data adequacy decision. Red flags remain unaddressed, and new developments make the need for action even more urgent. www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

"We are ashamed of you" - powerful open letter by 200 Maltese writers, academics, artists and activists calling out @president.europarl.europa.eu Roberta Metsola's silence on Gaza. openlettertorobertametsola.wordpress.com/2025/06/05/5/

NEW STATEMENT | Europe on Gaza: Words Are Not Enough A rising chorus of European states have condemned #Israel’s military campaign in the #Gaza Strip. While much depends on Washington, European leaders have levers at their disposal to press for the war’s end. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Europe on Gaza: Words Are Not Enough | International Crisis Group

A rising chorus of European states have condemned Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip after months of siege and bombardment. While much depends on Washington, European leaders have levers at ...

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Europe's dynamics on Gaza finally begin to shift, a human rights review of EU-Israel ties is under way. This is an opportunity to step out of Europe's self-imposed irrelevance and press Israel to reverse its devastating course. My piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The EU faces a moment of truth. Will it follow through on trade sanctions on Israel – or slide into irrelevance? | Martin Konečný

A human rights review of EU-Israel ties is under way. The results will be significant for both the war and Europe’s reputation, says Martin Konečný, head of the European Middle East Project

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Europe's pressure-free dialogue with #Israel has completely failed To step out from self-imposed irrelevance and try to prevent ethnic cleansing and annexation, the #EU must impose real costs on Israel's crimes, suspend the bilateral deal @martinkonecny.bsky.social: theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The EU faces a moment of truth. Will it follow through on trade sanctions on Israel – or slide into irrelevance? | Martin Konečný

A human rights review of EU-Israel ties is under way. The results will be significant for both the war and Europe’s reputation, says Martin Konečný, head of the European Middle East Project

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The EU is Israel’s biggest trading partner – and that gives it leverage to finally change the course of this brutal war - superb piece by @nathalietocci.bsky.social related to the ongoing EU review www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Europe will never agree on Israel – but here’s a way it can act to help Gaza | Nathalie Tocci

The EU is Israel’s biggest trading partner – and that gives it leverage to finally change the course of this brutal war, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

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“It’s like standing in front of a burning building and asking for a review of whether there’s a fire” - @conoraon on EU’s review of Israel’s compliance with the human rights clause of the Association Agreement👌 www.newarab.com/analysis/eur...

Is Europe finally taking action over Israel’s genocide in Gaza?

After 18 months of complicity in Israel’s war on Gaza, the EU has voted to review its free trade agreement with Tel Aviv. Critics say it’s too little, too late

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Finally - after decades of toothless EU statements calling the settlements illegal and destructive for peace, a first member state says hey, maybe we shouldn’t be trading with them. Where are the others?

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last yr.

Ireland moves to ban trade with Israeli businesses in occupied Palestinian territories https://www.ft.com/content/cb26479c-82b1-45c3-9dcb-076e4ea0022e

On the preciousness of life: Some reflections on the murder of Jews in Washington and the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza peterbeinart.substack.com/p/on-the-pre...

On the Preciousness of Life

Making Sense of Yesterday’s Horrifying Murder in Washington, DC

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Large coalition of governments rejects Israel's US-backed dystopian "aid" plan aimed at displacing and concentrating the Gaza population. Demands Israel to let aid in and allow UN & humanitarian orgs to do their work to deliver it to people across Gaza. www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/newsroom/...

Joint donor statement on humanitarian aid to Gaza

Whilst we acknowledge indications of a limited restart of aid, Israel blocked humanitarian aid entering Gaza for over two months. Food, medicines and essential supplies are exhausted. The population…

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Leaders of UK, France, Canada: "We will not stand by while the Netanyahu Gov. pursues these egregious actions. If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response." www.gov.uk/government/n...

Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank

Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank.

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Only when the EU started discussing the possibility of suspending the Association Agreement does Israel begin to take notice. Israeli cabinet discussion on whether to allow any aid into Gaza, according to Israeli broadcaster KAN (translation)👇 www.kan.org.il/content/kan-...

Promoting illegal settlements under the guise of academic cooperation: Prague is hosting a “Czech-Israeli university conference” with multiple speakers from the settler Ariel University that‘s banned from EU academic & research programs Erasmus and Horizon www.politikaspolecnost.cz/aktualne/cze...

Czech – Israeli University Conference - Institut pro politiku a společnost

This year’s edition, titled „Cooperation in Education, Science, and Technology Transfer,“ will focus on strengthening academic and industry partnerships between the two nations. It will be held under ...

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Le Monde on shifts in the French Jewish community on Gaza www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

Guerre à Gaza : des personnalités de la communauté juive française prennent position pour dénoncer la situation

Bravant ce qu’elle décrit comme une « injonction au silence », et par « amour d’Israël », la rabbine Delphine Horvilleur a dénoncé, dans une tribune publiée jeudi 8 mai, la « déroute politique » de l’...

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Israeli human rights NGOs checked point by point how Israel responded to EU calls made at recent EU-Israel Association Council. They found "consistent and deliberate disregard" by Israel for EU positions. Highly relevant for current EU debate on Association Agreement. gisha.org/UserFiles/Fi...

This decision is a "mega-land grab" and a move towards "full-scale annexation". Peace Now on Israel's decision to resume, for the first time since 1967, land registration in the West Bank, a bureaucratic camouflage for massive theft of Palestinian land. peacenow.org.il/en/cabinet-d...

The Cabinet Decides to Initiate Land Registration Process that would Dispossess Palestinians from their Lands the West Bank - Peace Now

On Sunday, 11/5/25, the Security Cabinet decided to initiate land registration process (also referred to as “land settlement process”) in Area C in the West Bank. The process of land registration dete...

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🇵🇹Portugal backs the Dutch initiative to review the EU-Israel association agreement: “Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said that Portugal supports the Netherlands' proposal to review the association agreement between Israel and the EU.” www.tsf.pt/3393729451/s...

"Situação dramática" em Gaza. Portugal "apoia" revisão do acordo de associação entre Israel e a UE

Em declarações à TSF, Paulo Rangel mostra-se "verdadeiramente preocupado", uma vez que "já não existe ajuda humanitária relevante desde que deixou de valer o acordo de cessar-fogo"

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