If approved, EU move would represent major economic and diplomatic blow for Israel

The proposal would suspend the central plank of a decades-old free trade deal that removed tariffs on imports of goods between Europe and Israel.

However, suspension of the agreement requires the backing of a weighted majority of EU capitals, meaning Germany or Italy would first need to lift their opposition to the 27-state union sanctioning Israel.

  • Bunbury@feddit.nlEnglish
    2·
    22 hours ago

    This is very little very late. But hey, it’s the right direction. Now if you keep on moving that way maybe eventually it’ll have an effect (besides Israel publicly playing the victim I mean).

  • Foni@lemmy.zipEnglish
    30·
    2 days ago

    If this were happening anywhere else in the world, we’d have been talking about sending UN peacekeepers for a long time. If the main support were not the USA, there would be talk of sending a multilateral peace mission.

    Here we are not even talking about a complete break, two years later we are talking about a partial suspension. The shame is absolute and will haunt us for a long time.

  • krigo666@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    2 days ago

    Not only preferential treatment, we should end all treatment, Israel finally fully revealed itself as a rogue terrorist country and the so called IDF one of the largest terrorist groups in the world.

    And if anyone acuses me of anti-semitism for saying this, they’re a moronic parrot.