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Europe once again rewards Israel in spite of violations of International Law

On October 23rd the European Parliament adopted the EU-Israel ACAA trade agreement by 379 votes to 230, with 41 abstentions despite the escalation of Israel’s illegal settlement policies and the entrenchment of its occupation of Palestinian lands. The vote was prompted by last month’s decision of the International Trade committee which, by a single vote, decided to oppose a further suspension of the agreement.

October 31, 2012
By: 
European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP)
Analysis

How Europe funds the occupation of Palestine

Gaza children paint a mural against a siege that the EU helps to finance.

(Mohammed Asad / APA images)

Has the European Union finally confessed that it is footing the bill for the occupation of Palestine?

In a

February 10, 2014
By: 
David Cronin at Electronic Intifada
BNC Statement

EU acknowledges obligation to not recognize Israeli annexation of Palestinian territory

EU acknowledges obligation to not recognize Israeli colonisation and annexation of occupied Palestinian territory

European Investment Bank to stop loans to ‘virtually all’ major Israeli businesses and public bodies

July 18, 2013
By: 
Palestinian BDS National Committee
Analysis

Under pressure, a strong EU-Israel relationship faces uncertain future

Last week, EU Ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen warned on Israeli television that the country would face "increasing isolation" if the peace process collapsed, echoing remarks he made in January about a "price to pay" in terms of boycott and divestment initiatives by European companies.

March 6, 2014
By: 
Ben White at Middle East Monitor
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Truth in labeling: EU court challenges "Made in Israel"

Truth in labeling: EU court challenges "Made in Israel"
Phon van den Biesen and Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 10 March 2010

On 25 February, the European Court of Justice ruled that imports manufactured in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank shouldn't benefit from a trade agreement between Israel and the European Union.

April 13, 2010
BNC Statement

European Union must not bow to US pressure to disregard human rights

- EU must resist US pressure and meet obligations under international law
- EU should take further steps to end complicity with Israeli apartheid, colonialism and occupation
- The Dutch government has demonstrated states can prevent business involvement in illegal Israeli projects in the occupied Palestinian territory

Palestinian civil society strongly condemns US Secretary of State John Kerry for urging the European Union to drop new guidelines that are aimed at ensurin

September 11, 2013
By: 
40 Palestinian civil society organisations
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17 EU members take action against corporate complicity with Israeli crimes

- Measures are welcome but Israel's persistent human rights violations must be met with more impactful consequences

At least 12 more European governments published online guidance warning their citizens and businesses about risks involved in trade and other economic links with illegal Israeli settlements on Thursday and Friday, bringing the total number of countries to publish such advice to 17.

The statements warn businesses about the economic, legal and reputational "risks" of economic ties with illegal Israeli settlements and state that firms should be aware of the "possible abus

Stop G4S
July 7, 2014
By: 
Palestinian BDS National Committee
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EU set to renew cooperation agreement with apartheid Israel but no upgrade

From Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=175452

Israel’s EU upgrade to be put off again

Israel’s ties with the European Union remain strong, but are unlikely to be upgraded when the action plan for its bilateral relations expires in June, diplomatic sources told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

That plan, which exists under the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy that seeks to tie countries to the east and south of the EU into the EU, was put in place in 2005 with a three-year time frame.

But although the EU’s foreign ministers ag

May 15, 2010
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Over 500 academics call on EU not to water down new Israeli settlement guidelines

Over 500 academics, including researchers from 13 European Union member states, have today written to the EU's head of Foreign Policy, urging the EU not to water down its new guidelines preventing EU funding from being awarded to Israeli projects and entities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (download letter with list of signatories here).

The "Letter by academic researchers to the EU regarding the participation of Israeli settlements in EU research progr

September 12, 2013
By: 
British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) and Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine (AURDIP)
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BDS: full 2015 round-up

January - Israel shows growing concern at growth of BDS

US student divestment movement flourishes
The student government at the University of California Davis votes in favor of a resolution to divest from corporations profiting from Israel’s occupation by a la

Military Embargo
December 29, 2015
By: 
Palestinian BDS National Committee